The top things I have read this week 🏆
Week 8 / 2025
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 Era of The Software Factory
14 min • by Luca Rossi & Rob Zuber
This week I have published some reflections following the latest State of Software Delivery report, and how it feels that the whole dev process is shifting into a new era. This is a thought piece grounded in a lot of data, which is hard to ignore at this point.
🥇 Outcome Engineering — The o16g Manifesto
15 min • by Cory Ondrejka
A manifesto for what comes after software engineering in the age of AI agents. I really liked the 16 principles and how they reframe our profession around outcomes instead of code. From killing the backlog, to verifying reality, to coordinating agents like a new kind of org. It all makes sense.
🥈 One List to Rule Them All
8 min • by James Stanier
Another great piece by James. The power of a clear, short, and single list of priorities can’t be overstated. I also love the many examples included in the article. Recommended!
🥉 In Defense of Not Reading the Code
10 min • by Ben Shoemaker
When AI writes the code, your focus should shift from reviewing the code line by line to investing in the harness — specs, test infra, observability. This is the type of controversial-but-grounded article we desperately need more of.
4) Agentic Email
4 min • by Martin Fowler
A short reflection by Martin Fowler about giving LLMs access to your email. FWIW, with OpenClaw I do exactly what Martin suggests: read-only access + drafts for human review.
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