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How organisations are changing.

The next “next” generation

'A new industry with a new identity:' Canadian devs in 2026

We spoke to developers at Toronto Canada's XP Game Summit to see how they are getting by in increasingly tumultuous times.

Sustainable software manifesto

The systems we build are never neutral. They can magnify harm or support a just and sustainable society. How we build today shapes tomorrow’s possibilities.

Developer conferences 2026 / 2027

Developer conferences 2026 / 2027

2026-04-25

Thoughts about design, code, technology and everything in between.

We Build On Hope @ PublicSpaces Conference 2026

Keynote by Robin Berjon The current state of tech can feel disheartening. Years of critical analysis and reform efforts have left us with a digital sphere that seems worse than ever. In Europe, our...

OC Inc. Strategy 2023-2024: Mature Platform + Connected Teams = Strong Foundations

The next two years are about maturing the OC Inc. platform and connecting our teams so that we can scale our impact in the years to come.

This morning, I had the distinct honour of giving the opening keynote at #RSECon26: "Where does the rigour go? Research software and the future of trustworthy science" The core argument: AI is… | Arfon Smith

This morning, I had the distinct honour of giving the opening keynote at #RSECon26: "Where does the rigour go? Research software and the future of trustworthy science" The core argument: AI is making it dramatically cheaper to produce plausible scientific outputs, without necessarily making them cheaper to check. The scarce resources are shifting towards attention, judgment, and verification.  This is no doubt a disruptive time for research software engineers and research more generally. For Research Software Engineers specifically I think that creates some important new opportunities around: encoding domain judgment, building verification infrastructure, connecting agents to reality, and helping ensure that the emerging verification layer for science remains open. Thanks to everyone at RSECon26 for the thoughtful discussion, and especially to the many people whose work and ideas I that heavily influenced this talk. Link to slides in first comment

State of the Themes: June 2026

Updating Our Thematic Universe

Gergely Orosz on Twitter / X

Doing it *for yourself* - amazing, personal software!! And lots of funDoing it *for your team* of 35 - sounds like less fun, and rebuilding a bunch of stuff that is not minimalist but what collaboration software has to do— Gergely Orosz (@GergelyOrosz) March 25, 2026