The top things I have read this week 🏆
Week 18 / 2026
Hey there! Welcome to a new edition of Hybrid Hacker! 🌟
Every week I share the top articles I have found and personally read on the internet. I only share the stuff I believe it’s worth your time.
100% signal, 0% slop.
I mainly read things from my public daily digest, which curates an ever growing list of sources. Here is this week’s best stuff 👇
🌀 The Compounding Software Factory
15 min • by Luca Rossi
For as long as I can remember, the default path of engineering teams is degradation. We just get slower over time. But it doesn’t have to be that way — what if with AI we have a shot at becoming faster over time?
This week I published the third and last article in our software factory series, written with my friend Rob Zuber, CTO of CircleCI. It’s free for everyone!
🥇 The Last Software Engineer
10 min • by Kent C. Dodds
Fast forward to the moment right before AI takes over everything engineers do — what’s the last valuable thing left? I won’t spoiler! Fantastic article by Kent.
🥈 Why Sell Software If Anyone Can Make It?
2 min • by Clemens Adolphs
It’s not hard to make bread at home — even better than the one you buy at the bakery. Yet nobody really does it at scale. Don’t let the “everyone can code now” narrative scare you out of building a software business.
🥉 How I use AI to Code
19 min • by Chris Sherwood
A thorough, opinionated guide on AI coding, updated to April 2026. Covers both the mindset and the practical tools. I liked it!.
And that’s it for today! If you find this list useful, please share it with your friends!
You can also read the very same things I read every day via this free daily digest 📬
See you next week!
Sincerely 👋
Luca