Chantal Kapani
Chantal is a staff writer at LeadDev, exploring emerging trends and telling stories that spark meaningful conversations in software leadership.
As a staff writer at LeadDev, Chantal creates insightful, engaging content for engineering leaders across our platforms. With a keen eye for emerging trends and a passion for telling stories that resonate with the tech community, they help shape the conversations that matter most in software leadership.
AI coding assistants aren’t really making devs feel more productive
New research runs counter to the hype around AI coding assistants.
Github Copilot can make commits now. But who owns the code?
GitHub’s Copilot has stepped out of the passenger seat – raising questions about accountability and authorship.
6 DevEx strategies to improve business results
Key takeaways from our recent panel discussion on rethinking developer experience
Why companies are really going AI-first
Tech firms like Duolingo, Klarna, and Shopify are going AI-first — boosting efficiency but cutting jobs. Is AI the future of work, or a threat to engineers?
Tech CEOs reckon with the impact of AI on junior developers
CEOs are concerned that the rise of AI tools like Copilot and GPT is causing junior developers to lose touch with core coding skills.
How Jit overcame developer resistance to shift to Cursor
Israeli startup Jit overcame engineer pushback and boosted productivity by transitioning from JetBrains to the AI-powered coding assistant Cursor.
Microsoft slashes management in latest round of layoffs
The layoffs signal a continued shift towards a flatter org.
Big tech cracks down on low performers in drive for efficiency
Microsoft has followed in the steps of Meta and Amazon on cracking down on low performers.
