Signal Check: February 13, 2026
This week's signal in AI and engineering
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AI-assisted Code Reviews
Improve the Review Bottleneck Before Scaling Code Generation
The Critical Thinking Paradox
AI erodes the very skills needed for success
MCPs, Agents, Skills. Oh My!
Understanding the emerging ecosystem of LLM building blocks
Avoiding the AI Complexity Cliff
Managing scope in AI-assisted development
AI Reality Check
The Forces Challenging the Future of AI
Pragmatic AI Adoption
Avoid the Slop and Amplify Innovation
Simplify Your iOS CI with Makefiles
Harness the power of the classic MAKE utility for efficient and portable iOS builds
Mastering Swift Package Collections
Swift Package Manager is a powerful solution for managing dependencies and creating modular apps. Over the years, Xcode support for SwiftPM has gradually improved, streamlining the development workflow. In Xcode 13, discovering and managing third-party Swift packages became a little easier with the introduction of Swift Package Collections.
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