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Engineering08 Jan 20265 min read
What good engineering looks like in 2026
Mark Topper
Founder · Ulties
Type-safety. Observable from day one. Agentic-tested. The new floor isn't where you think.
The floor has moved. In 2026 you can't ship a serious product without end-to-end type safety, structured logging, and agent-driven test generation. Anything less and you're paying interest on day one.
The teams shipping fastest aren't the ones with the most engineers — they're the ones with the tightest feedback loops. That hasn't changed. What has changed is what 'tight' means.
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