Steve Yegge is an American computer programmer and blogger known for writing about programming languages, productivity, and software culture for two decades. He has spent over thirty years in the industry, split evenly between dev and leadership roles, including nineteen years combined at Google and Amazon. Steve has written over a million lines of production code in a dozen languages, has helped build and launch many large production systems at big tech companies, has led multiple teams of up to 150 people, and has spent much of his career relentlessly focused on making himself and other developers faster and better. He is currently an Engineer at Sourcegraph working on AI coding assistants.
Newest · 2025
Human Vibes
This paper addresses the profound transformation reshaping software engineering as AI integration accelerates across the industry.
Free · Creative Commons
In the library · 2
Track record
Publications, talks, and the roles they came out of — one thread, newest first.
TalkFrom Vibe Code to Fleet Mode: The Agentic Pivot Nobody’s Ready For
Guidance paperHuman Vibes
BookVibe Coding
TalkSpoke at Connect Feb 2025 and Las Vegas 2025
RoleMayor of Gas Town (Gas Town & Beads)
TalkSpoke at Las Vegas 2024 and Connect Oct 2024
RoleSoftware Engineer
RoleHead of Engineering
RoleHead of Engineering, Ads & Monetisation
RoleSenior Staff Software Engineer
RoleSenior Manager, Software Development
RoleEngineering Project Manager
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