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Software engineering with LLMs in 2025: reality check (at LDX3 by LeadDev)

The Pragmatic Engineer

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Gergely Orosz provides an overview of how developers at AI startups and big tech companies are actually using LLMs and AI tools.

How are devs at AI startups and in Big Tech using AI tools, and what do they think of them? A broad overview of the state of play in tooling, with Anthropic, Google, Amazon, and long-time software engineers, including Kent Beck, Martin Fowler, and others. Recorded at the LDX3 conference in London, on 16 June (leaddev.com/leaddev-london/). Read the accompanying article, published in The Pragmatic Engineer newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/software-engineering-with… — The Pragmatic Engineer deepdives relevant for this talk: • MCP Protocol: a new AI dev tools building block newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/mcp • Real-world engineering challenges: building Cursor newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/cursor • Vibe Coding as a software engineer newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/vibe-coding-as-a-software… • Microsoft is dogfooding AI dev tools’ future newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/microsoft-ai-dev-tools • Inside Amazon's Engineering Culture newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/amazon • Building Windsurf with Varun Mohan newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/building-windsurf-with-va… • Inside Sourcegraph’s Engineering Culture newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/inside-sourcegraphs-engin… — Timestamps: () Intro () AI dev tools startups () Big Tech () AI startups () Seasoned software engineers () Open questions

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