I got into the habit, every Monday, of posting the best articles I have read during the week ☕

It's a nice way to 1) keep myself accountable on reading, and 2) sharing more on social media. Also, my cat likes to sleep on my hand when I do so.

Here are the ones for this week:

1. Every Layer of Review Makes You 10x Slower —awesome piece that many many people I know need to read. Every layer of review makes your process exponentially slower — and AI can speed up the coding part, but it does nothing against the time spent waiting for others to do stuff. Reducing reviews is less about AI and more about building a culture of quality and trust. Link: apenwarr.ca/log/20260316

2. The Middle Loop — AI is shifting engineering work from creation to verification: Annie calls it the middle loop, sitting between the inner loop (writing code) and the outer loop (CI/CD, deploy). A useful mental model for how the day-to-day of engineering is evolving. Link: annievella.com/posts/th…

3. Don’t Let AI Write For You — Writing is fundamentally about structuring your thinking. Producing text is simply a (nice) byproduct of it. So, using LLMs to write for you undermines both your credibility and your ability to reason deeply. Use them for research and brainstorming, but the final words should be yours. Link: alexhwoods.com/dont-let…

4. AI “Aha” Team Meetings — There’s a growing gap between engineers who are thriving with AI tools and those who feel left behind. Lara held many interviews to learn more about how teams work today. She proposes regular team meetings where people share their AI aha moments: tips, tricks, and even mistakes. Link: larahogan.me/blog/ai-ah…