A new AI-specific tech role is seeing a massive spike in job postings, and that hiring surge is the anchor of this Changelog news roundup. The signal is real, the numbers are moving, and the shape of who gets hired next is already changing.
The rest of the issue is dense with opinions worth arguing about. Corey Quinn explains why younger developers have no patience for AWS friction. Thomas Ptacek makes a direct case for writing an agent, not just reading about them. Paul Kinlan extends his dead framework theory with more depth. Andrew Gallagher calls out vibe coding in unit tests specifically, which is a more precise and more damning critique than the usual AI slop warnings.
Read the full issue for the job posting data and Ptacek's agent argument. Both are specific enough to change how you think about your next project, or your next hire.
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