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As seen in: LeadDev, InfoWorld, betanews, The Lancet, CSO, Network World, Above the Law, SmartBrief, Infosecurity Magazine, CustomerThink, Computerworld Polska and
Editor and journalist. Editor of PEX Network, Cyber Security Hub. Former UK Editor of CSO Online. Former Editor of Infosecurity Magazine.
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The 8 software engineering metrics AI broke

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By Michael Hill
| LeadDev
You have 1 article left to read this month before you need to register a free LeadDev.com account. Estimated reading time: 10 minutes Key takeaways: Your metrics are lying to you. Deployment frequency, cycle time, PR volume – AI inflates all of them without improving engineering quality. Goodhart’s Law is now unavoidable: gaming metrics used to require effort. With AI, it’s a side effect of normal tool use. Three metrics still hold up! If your dashboard isn’t built around these, rebuild it.
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The Engineering Leadership Report 2026

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By Michael Hill
| LeadDev
Software engineering leadership is operating under huge pressure. Engineering leaders are being asked to do more – technically, strategically, and managerially – as organizations flatten and AI reshapes how code gets written, reviewed, and shipped. Based on 600 responses, the data tells a story of an industry under sustained and compounding forces.
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6 software engineering buzzwords you need to stop using

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By Michael Hill
| LeadDev
You have 1 article left to read this month before you need to register a free LeadDev.com account. Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Key takeaways: Software engineering buzzwords don’t bridge the gap between technical and business stakeholders – they widen it. The best buzzwords started as precise ideas, and got stretched into meaninglessness. The fix is simple: replace every buzzword with what you actually mean.
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