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A new arXiv study ran four coding agents 5,625 times to see when they copy existing code and when they follow new intent. Here are the numbers, the rule that worked, and what to change in your CLAUDE.md or AGENTS.md.

On October 27, 2026, Amazon published the memo behind its revised software engineer role guideline. It says outcomes count, not AI usage, but keeps usage metrics as a signal. Here's what it says, how Shopify, Meta, Microsoft and Proton compare, and what to do about it.

On October 27, 2026, Anthropic hiring manager Felix Rieseberg said he stopped giving coding interviews. Here's what he looks at instead, why it isn't company policy, what ZipRecruiter's employer data shows, and how to prepare for both kinds of hiring loop.

Microsoft opened a Voluntary Exit Offer to employees at level 70 and below in four countries, and about 60,000 people are reportedly eligible. Here's what's confirmed, what's only reported, what the 10-K numbers show, and what engineers inside and outside Microsoft should do about it.

Anthropic's IPO prospectus puts numbers on how its own engineers work: over 90% of code contributions written by Claude, 45 times more code per engineer than in 2024, and a headcount that still grew more than five times. Here's what it shows, what it doesn't, and what to do about it.

Claude Code's creator says he no longer writes prompts. We checked the claim against the research, explain how loops work in Claude step by step, and grade the criticism fairly.