​​I traded my personal information for a report again, so you don't have to. This time it's "The State of Developer Experience 2026" report by Atlassian. I haven't read it fully yet - it is 24 pages long, and honestly I usually just skim through such reports. Still, here are some bullet points from the report's executive summary organized by me with some personal comments in italic: - People still report productivity gains from AI, albeit less dramatic. There were previous reports that people use to overestimate the gains of AI in self-reported questionnaires, so this may be just a correction. - The biggest reported bottlenecks are still out good-old frenemies: unclear requirements, context switches, technical debt, shifting priorities, etc. From the very beginning, many folks have been saying that writing code is just a part of software engineering. - While the reports show local gains from AI overall, companies who get the most benefits from AI are those that reshape their SDLC for AI and create a coherent strategy for AI usage within the company. #devex #ai

Here's a story from a colleague of mine about RDS connection pooling and our endeavors with it. Connection pooling. A long journey.. The main takeaway is that the RDS Proxy is nice and managed, but not a silver bullet suitable for all the cases. Similarly, pgbouncer is old and boring, but it gets the job done. #aws #rds #databases

I am back. 🙃 Also, today is Monday, which means it's time for a fundraiser. We continue helping to raise funds for 3 laptops for the Air Defense unit (1st Corps of Azov). You can donate to this Monobank Jar: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/4Xqw8mdW2W #donations #Ukraine