What Gergely Orosz thinks about innovation
Writes The Pragmatic Engineer, the software-engineering newsletter, and wrote The Software Engineer's Guidebook. Formerly an engineering manager at Uber, and at Microsoft/Skype and Skyscanner before that.
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4 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Gergely Orosz has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsthis feature copies Kiro / GitHub Workflows that all proved to be dead on arrival save at slow moving companies/teams…
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Their wordsLondon + UK not being part of the EU (and thus not being as bound by regulation that slows down innovation) is a reason the UK's tech industry can pull away from the rest of Europe
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Our readingApplication development is undergoing a significant transformation after a long period of stasis.
Their wordsApplication development did not change much for 20 years, but now, a new wave is crashing in.
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Our readingInnovation tends to come from slack time away from firefighting, not from being fully utilized.
Their wordsInnovation often comes from having time to focus on other work, instead of putting out fires.
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