Software Engineering 2026

Software Engineering 2026

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Software Engineering in 2026 General expectations for SWE in 2026 Best tips and tricks Quick start (5-minute summary)

Workflow

Automate everything you do TLDR workflow The AI reality check Your role: director of agents

Claude Code

CLAUDE.md configuration Claude Code features Generative coding workflow Prompting guidelines Project planning

Quality

Code quality tools AI validation checklist TDD with AI Debugging with AI Code review with AI Vibe coding vs SE-focused generative coding

Agents & Protocols

Agents and tool calling AI agents and skills AI models and tools Key concepts MCP (Model Context Protocol)A2A (Agent-to-Agent Protocol)LSP (Language Server Protocol)Local LLMs

Building & Shipping

Context management Building AI apps AI-powered DevOps Security GitHub CLI

Team & Principles

Team collaboration with AI Development principles Closing thoughts Resources

My Toolkit

My Toolkit Workflow Skills Tools Hot takes

Hot takes

Opinions I hold about working with coding agents, and the reason behind each one.

Tools

The CLIs, MCP servers, other agents, and hooks around Claude Code on my laptop.