Sam Erickson
Claude Code's creator says he no longer writes prompts. We checked the claim against the research, explain how loops work in Claude step by step, and grade the criticism fairly.
A new arXiv study ran Claude Code and Codex CLI 320 times on projects where the instruction file disagreed with the code. Here are the results by agent, the exact sentence that fixed it, and what the study doesn't show.
What software engineers earn by level, metro, country and work arrangement, from BLS wages, Stack Overflow 2026 microdata and Levels.fyi, with an interactive explorer to find your own range.
Identify the late-stage rejection reasons you can improve, separate them from hiring constraints, and turn incomplete feedback into a focused plan for your next engineering interview.
Build a 60–90 second introduction using present, past, and why this role—with adaptable examples for new graduates, mid-level engineers, and career changers.
Learn how to turn an interview brief into a focused, reviewable submission—with meaningful tests, a useful README, honest commits, and trade-offs you can explain.