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Today, you will learn how to leverage Gemini 3 Flash’s PhD-level reasoning, master "Vibe Engineering" for production-grade software, and implement autonomous testing with TestSprite. We also dive into Temporal’s "delegate, don’t think" architectural pattern and provide five high-impact career tips to navigate the 2026 engineering market.

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🎥 Video of the Week

2025: The year I stopped writing code

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👩‍💻 Useful Libraries

Mastra

A batteries-included TypeScript framework for building AI-powered applications and agents that provides a single set of primitives for model routing, durable workflows, and semantic memory.

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TestSprite

The first fully autonomous AI testing agent for your IDE that parses product requirements, generates test plans, and executes cloud-sandbox tests to identify subtle frontend and API bugs before you even merge.

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🤖 Latest AI News

Qualcomm Unveils Physical AI Robotics Architecture

Qualcomm has launched a groundbreaking robotics architecture designed to move AI from data centers into the physical world, allowing machines to reason, plan motion, and interact using on-device models. This shift emphasizes "edge intelligence," reducing latency and dependency on the cloud for real-time robotic decision-making.

Key Insight:
For engineers, this marks a transition in which AI competition is no longer just about virtual text generation but also about physical execution. Mastering edge computing and on-device model optimization will be critical for developers building the next generation of autonomous systems.

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An exclusive live webinar with Nikolay Advolodkin, CEO of Ultimate QA, on Building & Testing Web Applications with AI, designed for DevOps engineers, QA leaders, performance specialists, and product owners.

Key insights include:

How AI tools like v0 and Claude Code are accelerating modern web development.
A live end-to-end build of a web application, from concept to production, including testing and CI/CD.
How AI-assisted workflows compress months of traditional development into minutes while maintaining professional quality standards.

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💬 Quotes of the Week

Gergely Orosz

"GitHub's biggest competitor could soon be Cursor... Graphite — in my view — is the best AI code review + stacked diffs + PR workflow product out there."

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Nikolay Advolodkin

"Most Temporal Activity bugs come from one mistake. Putting business logic inside the Activity. I just published a short post explaining why this breaks retries, how it leads to duplicate side effects, and the simple mental model Temporal actually wants you to use. If your Activities involve more than delegation, this will save you pain later."

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🗞️ Article of the Week

Why Temporal Activities Should Delegate and Not Do the Work

This article addresses the most common mistake for developers new to the platform: over-complicating Activity logic. Because Activities are "at least once" and subject to retries, embedding complex branching logic inside them makes systems fragile and unpredictable in production.

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🎯 Course Spotlight

Temporal for Beginners: Durable Execution Fundamentals

Learn the fundamentals of creating durable applications with Temporal.

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💡 Quick Tips & Tricks

Zeta-Decoder Verification: Never pip install or npm install an AI-suggested dependency without checking its origin; attackers now register "hallucinated" package names with malicious payloads.
Stack Your PRs: Partition significant changes into a logical sequence of iterative modifications under 50 lines to ship 40% more code and simplify regressions.
Two-Tier Workflows: Use expensive, high-reasoning models for architectural planning and inexpensive, efficient models (such as DeepSeek V3) for bulk unit test generation to optimize your "intelligence-per-dollar" ratio.
Shadow New Managers: If you are leading a growing team, shadow the first 3-4 interviews of new managers to standardize quality and document patterns in an internal guide.
Bot-Proof Networking: Target growth languages such as Go (Golang) for backend and infrastructure; specialized skills in these areas remain the most potent deterrent to application bot flooding in 2026.

ChatGPT Prompt for Developers: Automated AI Testing

#ROLE: You are a Test Manager with 5 years of experience, suggesting test scenarios.
#TASK: Suggest popular automated AI testing scenarios for [insert project/feature]. Focus on identifying potential coverage gaps, ambiguities, and missing functionality.
#FORMAT: Output as a prioritized table with: Title | Scenario Description | Priority | Notes.

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