CS Enrollment Dropped 11%. The Industry That Needs Developers Told Students Not to Bother.
Computer science enrollment fell 11.2% in 2026 — the steepest drop of any major. CS dropped from the 4th to 6th most popular degree. 64% of students cite AI as the reason. Meanwhile, the same companies cutting junior roles are complaining about a talent shortage. The Karate Kid problem is real: skip the fundamentals, and nobody can fight when it matters.
Tech Just Closed the Youth Academy: The Junior Developer Crisis Nobody's Planning For
Junior developer hiring dropped 73% in one year. Big Tech went from 32% junior hires to 7%. Companies are choosing $20/month AI tools over $80K entry-level salaries. But here's what every football fan already knows: if you shut down the academy, you won't have any stars in five years.
iOS Interviews Are Broken in 2026 — And Everyone Knows It
Companies test you on raw Swift memorization while their production code is 40% AI-generated. The iOS interview process in 2026 is a theater performance nobody believes in anymore. Here's what's actually wrong and what should replace it.
Vibe Design Is Here. Your Figma Subscription Just Got Nervous.
First came vibe coding. Now Claude Design has birthed 'vibe design' — where you describe what you want and AI builds it. But can vibes replace taste? A look at what this means for designers, developers, and everyone caught in between.
Claude Design Just Launched. Should Designers Update Their LinkedIn?
Anthropic shipped Claude Design yesterday and Figma's stock dropped 7% before designers even opened the tool. But after actually using it, the question isn't whether AI will replace designers — it's which designers were never really designing in the first place.
They Fired 80,000 Developers for AI. Then the AI Needed a Developer.
55% of companies regret their AI-driven layoffs. One in three spent more rehiring than they saved. Klarna is hiring back the people it fired. IBM is tripling entry-level jobs. The Great AI Layoff Boomerang is here, and it's exactly as awkward as it sounds.
Your Company Didn't Replace You With AI. They Replaced You With a PowerPoint About AI.
295,000 tech jobs cut in Q1 2026. Oracle fired 30,000 people via a 6am email. CFOs privately admit AI layoffs will be 9x higher this year. But here's the thing — most of these companies haven't actually deployed the AI that's supposedly replacing you.
We Stopped Hiring Juniors. Now We're Surprised There Are No Seniors.
Junior developer hiring dropped 73% in 2026. Companies replaced training with AI tools and called it progress. But you can't skip the tutorial and expect to beat the final boss. Here's how the industry broke its own talent pipeline.
Programming in 2031: Our Honest (and Slightly Terrified) Predictions
We sat down as a team and predicted what software development looks like in 5 years. Will AI replace programmers? Will COBOL developers become millionaires? Will anyone understand the code? 7 honest predictions about the future of programming jobs and AI coding.
Why Knowing Code Still Beats Vibing It: Programmers vs Vibe Coders in 2026
Vibe coding lets anyone build an app in hours. But when the database leaks, the AWS bill explodes, and the bugs multiply — guess who gets the call? A real programmer. Here's why knowing code is your unfair advantage in the AI age.