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TechCrunch+ roundup: Deep due diligence, early Q1 2023 VC results, flight lessons for angels

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Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription Business schools teach the basics, but Mysty Rusk, who’s reviewed around 4,500 deals over the last 20 years, says the most important lessons she learned were the result of mistakes she made along the way.

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AI-native software engineering may be closer than developers think

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Developers unimpressed by the early returns of generative AI for coding take note: Software development is headed toward a new era, when most code will be written by AI agents and reviewed by experienced developers, Gartner predicts. That’s what we call an AI software engineering agent.

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Codacy nabs $15M to improve code reviews with automation

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Code review is a key step during the software development process — it’s when people check a program by viewing and reading parts of the source code. But despite its importance, not all developers are pleased with the way traditional code reviews work. To date, Codacy has raised $28 million.

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Diagnoss launches its coding assistant for medical billing

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Diagnoss , the Berkeley, California-based startup backed by the machine learning-focused startup studio The House , has launched its coding assistant for medical billing, the company said. The software provides real-time feedback on documentation and coding.

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Devs gaining little (if anything) from AI coding assistants

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Coding assistants have been an obvious early use case in the generative AI gold rush, but promised productivity improvements are falling short of the mark — if they exist at all. Many developers say AI coding assistants make them more productive, but a recent study set forth to measure their output and found no significant gains.

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Effective Software Testing – A Developer’s Guide

Henrik Warne

I recently finished Effective Software Testing – A Developer’s Guide by Maurício Aniche , and I really liked it. I have been coding for a long time and I think I have been writing pretty good tests for the features I have implemented. The book apparently grew out of lecture notes from a course on software testing.

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Daily Crunch: After glitch causes a two-hour global outage, WhatsApp restores service

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8 questions to answer before your startup faces technical due diligence. Outsiders study multiple facets of a startup to determine its value and quality, and codebase health is one of them. After technical due diligence (TDD) begins, no amount of storytelling can cover the secrets buried in GitHub and Jira.