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The creator of Clawd: "I ship code I don't read"

The creator of Clawd: "I ship code I don't read"

Peter Steinberger, creator of Clawd, merges 600 commits daily using a fleet of AI agents. In this deep dive, discover how he challenges engineering norms by shipping code he doesn't read, treating PRs as "Prompt Requests," and replacing manual review with autonomous loops.

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Meta Senior Staff (IC7) Eng's Honest Demotion Story

Meta Senior Staff (IC7) Eng's Honest Demotion Story

In a tech world obsessed with promotions, Igor, a Senior Staff Engineer at Meta, did the unthinkable: he asked for a demotion. This candid story explores the harsh realities of onboarding at the IC7 level and why the highest title doesn't always equal the highest job satisfaction.

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How S3 is built

How S3 is built

AWS S3 is the backbone of the internet, storing 500 trillion objects. We spoke with AWS VP Milan to uncover the engineering secrets behind this massive system—from handling constant hardware failures to using formal mathematical proofs to ensure reliability at an exabyte scale.

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