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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.



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.