Emily Bache
@emilybache.com
Software Developer, Technical Coach, YouTuber. She/her.
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February 10, 2026 at 6:55 AM
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If you’re confused by the growing number of context configuration options for coding agents (commands, skills, rules, …), then my write up might be helpful to you martinfowler.com/articles/exp...
Context Engineering for Coding Agents
Notes from my Thoughtworks colleagues on AI-assisted software delivery
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February 6, 2026 at 10:12 AM
If you’re confused by the growing number of context configuration options for coding agents (commands, skills, rules, …), then my write up might be helpful to you martinfowler.com/articles/exp...
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This guide is absolute gold from @mitchellh.com (creator of Terraform) on how he started to use AI agents, step-by-step.
It's practical, step by step & how he changed how he works (without getting overloaded or anxious.)
mitchellh.com/writing/my-a...
It's practical, step by step & how he changed how he works (without getting overloaded or anxious.)
mitchellh.com/writing/my-a...
February 5, 2026 at 9:06 PM
This guide is absolute gold from @mitchellh.com (creator of Terraform) on how he started to use AI agents, step-by-step.
It's practical, step by step & how he changed how he works (without getting overloaded or anxious.)
mitchellh.com/writing/my-a...
It's practical, step by step & how he changed how he works (without getting overloaded or anxious.)
mitchellh.com/writing/my-a...
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The Kind of Training That ACTUALLY WORKS For Agentic AI | @emilybache.com
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February 4, 2026 at 9:29 PM
The Kind of Training That ACTUALLY WORKS For Agentic AI | @emilybache.com
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As a technical coach I've been teaching TDD for years. How do you teach AI tools for software development? My current thinking is outlined in my new video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnjz... For those who prefer to read: coding-is-like-cooking.info/2026/02/the-...
The kind of training that Actually Works for Learning Agentic AI - Coding Is Like Cooking
Agentic AI-supported software development is probably the biggest shift in our field since high-level languages appeared in the 1950’s and 60’s. As a software developer you can’t ignore this change, a...
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February 5, 2026 at 7:40 AM
As a technical coach I've been teaching TDD for years. How do you teach AI tools for software development? My current thinking is outlined in my new video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnjz... For those who prefer to read: coding-is-like-cooking.info/2026/02/the-...
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AI’s Opportunity: Pacing Control Loops with Development | HanLHo.
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February 4, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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Two kinds of #AI #users are emerging. The gap between them is astonishing.
https://martinalderson.c...
https://martinalderson.c...
February 4, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Two kinds of #AI #users are emerging. The gap between them is astonishing.
https://martinalderson.c...
https://martinalderson.c...
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The Kind of Training That ACTUALLY WORKS For Agentic AI | @emilybache.com
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February 4, 2026 at 11:06 AM
The Kind of Training That ACTUALLY WORKS For Agentic AI | @emilybache.com
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Next month I'm speaking at Agile meets Architecture in Berlin: Being the Human in the Loop
www.agile-meets-architecture.com/2026/home
@amaconf.bsky.social
Join me there with a 10% discounted ticket using the code AMA_SPEAKER_10
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@amaconf.bsky.social
Join me there with a 10% discounted ticket using the code AMA_SPEAKER_10
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Agile meets Architecture
Agile meets Architecture is the conference where software architecture meets the reality of modern organizations.
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February 3, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Next month I'm speaking at Agile meets Architecture in Berlin: Being the Human in the Loop
www.agile-meets-architecture.com/2026/home
@amaconf.bsky.social
Join me there with a 10% discounted ticket using the code AMA_SPEAKER_10
pretix.eu/AmA/2026/red...
www.agile-meets-architecture.com/2026/home
@amaconf.bsky.social
Join me there with a 10% discounted ticket using the code AMA_SPEAKER_10
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"Clean Code" — a timeless truth or a myth we keep telling ourselves?
@tastapod.com and me in conversation on the @modernswe.bsky.social channel discussing the origins, limitations and implications of clean code
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjW_...
@tastapod.com and me in conversation on the @modernswe.bsky.social channel discussing the origins, limitations and implications of clean code
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjW_...
"Clean Code" a Timeless Truth OR a Myth We Keep Telling Ourselves?
YouTube video by Modern Software Engineering
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February 3, 2026 at 12:12 PM
"Clean Code" — a timeless truth or a myth we keep telling ourselves?
@tastapod.com and me in conversation on the @modernswe.bsky.social channel discussing the origins, limitations and implications of clean code
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjW_...
@tastapod.com and me in conversation on the @modernswe.bsky.social channel discussing the origins, limitations and implications of clean code
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjW_...
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New post: Code quality feedback loops in AI dev workflows
Nothing exciting, just some basic ideas I've been applying, but it helps me to understand where AI-assisted development is likely heading.
nick-tune.me/blog/2026-02...
Nothing exciting, just some basic ideas I've been applying, but it helps me to understand where AI-assisted development is likely heading.
nick-tune.me/blog/2026-02...
Code quality feedback loops in AI dev workflows - Nick Tune
How I use automated post-merge reflection to capture, review, and apply code quality feedback in AI-assisted development workflows.
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February 1, 2026 at 6:36 PM
New post: Code quality feedback loops in AI dev workflows
Nothing exciting, just some basic ideas I've been applying, but it helps me to understand where AI-assisted development is likely heading.
nick-tune.me/blog/2026-02...
Nothing exciting, just some basic ideas I've been applying, but it helps me to understand where AI-assisted development is likely heading.
nick-tune.me/blog/2026-02...
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💌 This Valentine’s, Europe is getting mail. A lot of it.
Hundreds of Valentine’s cards are on their way to the European Commission, all carrying the same message: Break up with Big Tech, stop cheating on EU citizens.
Hundreds of Valentine’s cards are on their way to the European Commission, all carrying the same message: Break up with Big Tech, stop cheating on EU citizens.
February 3, 2026 at 10:13 AM
💌 This Valentine’s, Europe is getting mail. A lot of it.
Hundreds of Valentine’s cards are on their way to the European Commission, all carrying the same message: Break up with Big Tech, stop cheating on EU citizens.
Hundreds of Valentine’s cards are on their way to the European Commission, all carrying the same message: Break up with Big Tech, stop cheating on EU citizens.
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This is SUCH a good video from @emilybache.com
It's so dense with information:
✂️ Great advice for making your tests more maintainable;
🔥 A cool new (to me!) library (approvaltests);
🛠️ and just the way Emily knows her IDE (PyCharm of course 😁)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y6_...
It's so dense with information:
✂️ Great advice for making your tests more maintainable;
🔥 A cool new (to me!) library (approvaltests);
🛠️ and just the way Emily knows her IDE (PyCharm of course 😁)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y6_...
Reaction: Arjan Codes wrote tests the HARD way - My way is BETTER
YouTube video by Emily Bache
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February 2, 2026 at 12:44 PM
This is SUCH a good video from @emilybache.com
It's so dense with information:
✂️ Great advice for making your tests more maintainable;
🔥 A cool new (to me!) library (approvaltests);
🛠️ and just the way Emily knows her IDE (PyCharm of course 😁)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y6_...
It's so dense with information:
✂️ Great advice for making your tests more maintainable;
🔥 A cool new (to me!) library (approvaltests);
🛠️ and just the way Emily knows her IDE (PyCharm of course 😁)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y6_...
Approval testing is often confused with Acceptance testing. Approval testing is a much narrower technique, described in some detail in this article by my husband Geoff: www.methodsandtools.com/archive/appr.... Acceptance testing is broadly any testing from the customer perspective.
Approval Testing: Agile Testing that Scales
Approval Tests are an Agile approach to software testing that mitigates the risk of code changes by removing the need for explicit assertions and instead managing changes to the system behavior.
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January 29, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Approval testing is often confused with Acceptance testing. Approval testing is a much narrower technique, described in some detail in this article by my husband Geoff: www.methodsandtools.com/archive/appr.... Acceptance testing is broadly any testing from the customer perspective.
I've been at a conference this week - not unusual, except it wasn't a software conference! Very interesting to learn more about entrepreneurship and startup culture. I wrote a blog about my experiences: coding-is-like-cooking.info/2026/01/gowe...
GoWest conference 2026 - Coding Is Like Cooking
I’ve just spent a couple of days at “GoWest Nordic Venture Capital Forum” in Gothenburg, (where I live), which aims to bring together entrepreneurs, investors and all kinds of other organisations in t...
coding-is-like-cooking.info
January 29, 2026 at 2:39 PM
I've been at a conference this week - not unusual, except it wasn't a software conference! Very interesting to learn more about entrepreneurship and startup culture. I wrote a blog about my experiences: coding-is-like-cooking.info/2026/01/gowe...
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Interesting video on the @modernswe.bsky.social channel about a study on the impact of "AI" on dev productivity & cost of change.
I'd tend to agree that the sample (channel viewers) might fall more into DORA's "high-performing" category, thus we see some +ve impact.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Eb...
I'd tend to agree that the sample (channel viewers) might fall more into DORA's "high-performing" category, thus we see some +ve impact.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Eb...
We Studied 150 Developers Using AI (Here’s What's Actually Changed...)
YouTube video by Modern Software Engineering
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January 29, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Interesting video on the @modernswe.bsky.social channel about a study on the impact of "AI" on dev productivity & cost of change.
I'd tend to agree that the sample (channel viewers) might fall more into DORA's "high-performing" category, thus we see some +ve impact.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Eb...
I'd tend to agree that the sample (channel viewers) might fall more into DORA's "high-performing" category, thus we see some +ve impact.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Eb...
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Wrote a short post on using LLMs in relation to general software engineering best practices. Working with LLMs requires more discipline and attention to fundamentals, not less.
hanlho.com/p/on-buildin...
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On Building Reliable Software with LLMs | HanLHo.
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January 28, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Wrote a short post on using LLMs in relation to general software engineering best practices. Working with LLMs requires more discipline and attention to fundamentals, not less.
hanlho.com/p/on-buildin...
hanlho.com/p/on-buildin...
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If you want IT to become more diverse, start with what you promote.
The content you read, share, and recommend shapes representation. When we only amplify voices that sound like us, we signal who belongs in this field.
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The content you read, share, and recommend shapes representation. When we only amplify voices that sound like us, we signal who belongs in this field.
...
January 26, 2026 at 9:19 AM
If you want IT to become more diverse, start with what you promote.
The content you read, share, and recommend shapes representation. When we only amplify voices that sound like us, we signal who belongs in this field.
...
The content you read, share, and recommend shapes representation. When we only amplify voices that sound like us, we signal who belongs in this field.
...
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Having in mind that incremental development - to the size of steps present in XP - never became mainstream in our industry, it's not really surprising that not many folks see the problem with the level of waterfall-ing involved in Spec-Driven development.
January 23, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Having in mind that incremental development - to the size of steps present in XP - never became mainstream in our industry, it's not really surprising that not many folks see the problem with the level of waterfall-ing involved in Spec-Driven development.
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By lack of a better word but it's the first word that comes to mind: brilliant article by Chad Fowler on relocating rigor when using LLM agents.
aicoding.leaflet.pub/3mbrvhyye4k2...
aicoding.leaflet.pub/3mbrvhyye4k2...
Relocating Rigor - The Phoenix Architecture
The Discipline That Looks Like Recklessness
aicoding.leaflet.pub
January 23, 2026 at 10:23 AM
By lack of a better word but it's the first word that comes to mind: brilliant article by Chad Fowler on relocating rigor when using LLM agents.
aicoding.leaflet.pub/3mbrvhyye4k2...
aicoding.leaflet.pub/3mbrvhyye4k2...
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This week, I used @emilybache.com 's "Pipeline Card Game" again to discuss trade-offs and other aspects of CI/CD pipelines. Highly recommended!
January 23, 2026 at 8:10 AM
This week, I used @emilybache.com 's "Pipeline Card Game" again to discuss trade-offs and other aspects of CI/CD pipelines. Highly recommended!
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I need some help on a video for the Modern Software Engineering YouTube channel | AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAR ON THE CHANNEL (250,000+ subs) & DISCUSS YOUR WORK!
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January 22, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I need some help on a video for the Modern Software Engineering YouTube channel | AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAR ON THE CHANNEL (250,000+ subs) & DISCUSS YOUR WORK!
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The best part about this is that with time when I look around the project, I see things thought through and working. I see care and thought put into every decision and that amounts to a place where I want to spend my time.
Because nobody wants to work in a messy house.
Because nobody wants to work in a messy house.
January 22, 2026 at 1:20 PM
The best part about this is that with time when I look around the project, I see things thought through and working. I see care and thought put into every decision and that amounts to a place where I want to spend my time.
Because nobody wants to work in a messy house.
Because nobody wants to work in a messy house.
Lots of people have opinions about what good tests look like - I've taken inspiration from many and condensed it all down to some useful insights. And I talk about shoes! youtu.be/IFrmfN1fxLg?...
If you prefer to read, this blog is on the same topic: coding-is-like-cooking.info/2025/12/test...
If you prefer to read, this blog is on the same topic: coding-is-like-cooking.info/2025/12/test...
The BEST Programmers Use Tests For Engineering Like THIS...
YouTube video by Modern Software Engineering
youtu.be
January 22, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Lots of people have opinions about what good tests look like - I've taken inspiration from many and condensed it all down to some useful insights. And I talk about shoes! youtu.be/IFrmfN1fxLg?...
If you prefer to read, this blog is on the same topic: coding-is-like-cooking.info/2025/12/test...
If you prefer to read, this blog is on the same topic: coding-is-like-cooking.info/2025/12/test...
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The BEST Programmers Use Tests For Engineering Like THIS... | @emilybache.com
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The BEST Programmers Use Tests For Engineering Like THIS...
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January 21, 2026 at 7:02 PM
The BEST Programmers Use Tests For Engineering Like THIS... | @emilybache.com
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