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RDEL #126: How does building software by "vibe coding" change developer workflows?
Research shows developers spend over 20% of time waiting for AI and often "roll the dice" by repeating prompts without adding new information.
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RDEL #125: Top AI findings from the 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey
Favorable sentiment toward AI tools dropped from 70% to 60% in one year, even as daily usage reached 51% of professional developers
Jan 6
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RDEL #124: Our top posts of 2025
Deep work, code reviews, async communication, and procrastination top the list this year. Notably, AI papers did not top the list (and we propose a…
Dec 23, 2025
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RDEL #123: How differently do software developers perceive the same communication?
Study identifies systematic perception gaps affecting two-thirds of software project communication, regardless of developer experience or background
Dec 16, 2025
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RDEL #122: How do daily stand-ups boost team performance?
Stand-ups don't directly improve satisfaction or performance—but they foster psychological safety, which drives both outcomes with high effect sizes.
Dec 9, 2025
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RDEL #121: How does Github use DevEx data to improve productivity?
Combining quarterly surveys with system telemetry helped GitHub prioritize investments that improved both metrics and actual developer satisfaction.
Dec 2, 2025
RDEL #120: What skills become most valuable when developers work with AI agents?
Developers who plan before acting accept agent code more often, revealing that abstraction and specification skills matter more than typing speed.
Nov 25, 2025
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RDEL #119: What process inefficiencies have the biggest impact on developer satisfaction?
A study of agile-based software engineers finds process inefficiencies account for 33.8% of job satisfaction variance
Nov 18, 2025
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