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    <title>Shaun Gehring</title>
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      <title><![CDATA[You Used to Write Code. Now You Curate It. That's a Bigger Identity Shift Than Anyone's Admitting]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA["I'm faster now. I just don't feel like I'm doing anything."]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 19:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gartner Says 40% of AI Agent Projects Will Be Canceled by 2027. Here's Why They're Right]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Right now, 17% of companies have actually deployed an AI agent in production.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 12:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Project Glasswing: The AI That Can Break Everything Is the Only Thing That Can Fix It]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A 17-year-old bug was hiding in FreeBSD. Not some obscure academic fork — FreeBSD, the operating system running inside PlayStation consoles, Netflix servers, and who knows how many enterprise systems you interact with daily.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 15:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Charlotte Is Quietly Becoming an AI City. Most Local Businesses Don't Know It]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Six construction projects visible from the 277 interchange, most of them commercial or mixed-use, all of them part of the same Charlotte story]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 15:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Charlotte Restaurant Survival Guide (AI Edition)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Running a restaurant in Charlotte right now is a special kind of masochism.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[When AI Builds It, Nobody Knows What It Does]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[I asked a simple question. Not a technical one — not about architecture or APIs or latency. I asked about the bounds of the product. What it could do. Where it stopped. What problems it wasn't designed to solve.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[More Than Half of GitHub Is Now AI-Written. Nobody Celebrated]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[GitHub reports that over 51% of all code committed to its platform in early 2026 was either generated or substantially assisted by AI]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:24:57 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Engineering Leaders Are Using AI. Their CFOs Are Asking Why]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Your team is using AI for a huge chunk of their work. Your CFO wants to know what that bought them. Do you have an answer?]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The AI Arms Race Is Now Measured in Days, Not Years]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anthropic dropped Claude Opus 4.7 on April 16th. OpenAI released GPT-5.5 within days. Not weeks. Not the same month. Days.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The AI Coding Stack Nobody Designed — And Everyone Is Already Using]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In the first week of April 2026, three things happened quietly: Cursor shipped a rebuilt interface for orchestrating parallel agents. OpenAI published an official Codex plugin that runs inside Claude Code.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:50:12 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The AI Toolkit Every Charlotte Small Business Should Actually Be Using]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[There's a funny thing happening in Charlotte right now.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:09:50 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[AI Makes Senior Engineers Faster. It Makes Junior Engineers Worse.]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[AI tools make senior engineers dramatically more productive. They make junior engineers slower.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:13:52 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sundar Pichai Just Redefined What a Software Engineer Is]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Google just told us that 75% of its new code is AI-written. The other 25% is the job description you actually have now.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 23:40:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[MCP Hit 97 Million Downloads — And Most Devs Still Don't Know What It Is]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 01:16:56 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tesla's FSD Crash Shows Autonomous Driving Is Still a Pipe Dream in 2025]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) claims have long hovered between visionary ambition and the sinking reality of ongoing technical failures.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[$100K H-1B Fee: Wealth Gatekeeping Over Skilled Immigration]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[I once spent a sprint planning meeting debating the word "sprint," so you can imagine my disbelief as Washington blindsided the tech world with a $100,000 fee slapped onto every new H-1B visa applicat...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DoorDash Drone Trials in San Francisco: Futuristic Promise or Regulatory Nightmare?]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[It starts with a warehouse in San Francisco — sterile, humming with automation — where DoorDash plans to launch its drone delivery tests.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Microsoft Entra ID Flaws Expose Critical Risks in Cloud Identity Security]]></title>
      <link>https://shaungehring.com/blog/microsoft-entra-id-flaws-expose-critical-risks-in-cloud-identity-security</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[In the symphony of modern cloud infrastructure, identity management platforms like Microsoft's Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) play the role of the conductor.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why Agile Methodologies Are Failing Your Team and How to Fix It Today]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Picture this: it's Monday morning, your calendar is a crime scene of back-to-back Agile ceremonies, and you're about to drown in a sea of sticky notes scribbled by someone who clearly thinks "iteratio...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[OpenAI's New AI Jobs Platform and Certification: Game-Changer or Just Another Resume Sticker?]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Picture this: You're at yet another fortune-cookie-filled tech webinar, eyes glazed over, when the speaker unveils OpenAI's latest brainchild — an AI-powered jobs platform combined with a certificatio...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Stripe's Tempo Blockchain: Stablecoins, Big Names, and a Crypto Revolution in the Making]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Picture yourself trying to send money across borders in 2025—not exactly the scene from a sci-fi blockbuster, but close. You're hitting 'send' on a stablecoin payment and waiting... and waiting...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[How Amazon, Google & Microsoft Plan to Train Americans for an AI-Dominated Future]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Imagine you're at a dinner party, and everyone's nervously chatting about AI, except these conversations actually have a clear plan behind them.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Amazon's Strict Return-to-Office Policy Is Driving Away Top Tech Talent in AI Race]]></title>
      <link>https://shaungehring.com/blog/amazons-strict-return-to-office-policy-is-driving-away-top-tech-talent-in-ai-race</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Picture this: a sharp AI engineer, armed with niche GenAI skills and a burning ambition to change the world, scans through job offers on a rainy Seattle morning.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Microsoft Open-Sources Bill Gates' 6502 BASIC: A Legendary 1978 Interpreter Goes MIT Free]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Picture this: it's 1978, you've just unboxed an Apple II, a Commodore PET, or a C64. The glowing green cursor blinks back at you as you clumsily type "10 PRINT "HELLO"" followed by "20 GOTO 10.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Monolith to Microservices: A Survival Guide for the Weary Manager]]></title>
      <link>https://shaungehring.com/blog/monolith-to-microservices-a-survival-guide-for-the-battle-weary-manager</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Monolith: A City Built on Toaster Ovens and Duct Tape Picture a metropolis where every building shares the same electrical grid, sewage system, and Wi-Fi password.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Blockchain Beyond Crypto: Supply Chain & Healthcare Use Cases with ROI Guide for Managers]]></title>
      <link>https://shaungehring.com/blog/blockchain-beyond-crypto-supply-chain-amp-healthcare-use-cases-with-roi-guide-for-managers</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[You're in a boardroom where someone just dropped "blockchain" like a verbal grenade. Suddenly, everyone's nodding like they've decoded the Matrix.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Silent Quitting: Spot the Signs and Rekindle Your Team's Fire]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Sarah, your once-enthusiastic UX designer, now spends meetings doodling palm trees on her notebook. Her Slack responses have devolved into "👍" and "cool.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Legacy Systems: How to Modernize Without Losing Your Mind (or Budget)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Your team's huddled in a conference room that smells of stale coffee and existential dread. The CTO just declared your 20-year-old inventory system "a ticking time bomb.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Quantum Computing Readiness: Cut Through the Hype and Prepare Like a Pro]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[You're in a boardroom. Someone drops "quantum" into the conversation like a live grenade. Suddenly, everyone's an expert.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Navigating AI in Business: Pitfalls, Myths, and How to Dodge Disaster Like a Pro]]></title>
      <link>https://shaungehring.com/blog/navigating-ai-in-business-pitfalls-myths-and-how-to-dodge-disaster-like-a-pro</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Your CEO, fresh from a Silicon Valley keynote, declares, "We're going AI-first!" Six months later, your chatbot suggests pineapple pizza toppings to gluten-free customers, your HR algorithm rejects ev...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Code Clarity to Pay Parity: Why Less Detail Means More Money]]></title>
      <link>https://shaungehring.com/blog/code-clarity-to-pay-parity-why-less-detail-means-more-money</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[You're in a sprint planning meeting. Your manager scribbles "optimize user journey" on the whiteboard, then vanishes like a crypto bro during a bear market. The junior devs panic. You? You smirk.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Remote Work Wars: CEOs, Tax Breaks, and the Fight for Your Couch]]></title>
      <link>https://shaungehring.com/blog/remote-work-wars-ceos-tax-breaks-and-the-fight-for-your-couch</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Let's start with a scene we all know too well: It's 8:45 AM. You're halfway through a Zoom call with your camera off, wearing pajama bottoms and a collared shirt salvaged from the "maybe clean?" pile.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Do You Need a Software Development Degree? Myths vs. Paychecks]]></title>
      <link>https://shaungehring.com/blog/do-you-need-a-software-development-degree-myths-vs-paychecks</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Two candidates were interviewed for a web dev role. Candidate A has a CS degree and a 4.0 GPA. Candidate B built a TikTok clone while binge-watching Severance.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Executives' Tech Delusion: Why Your Stack Isn't as Shiny as You Think]]></title>
      <link>https://shaungehring.com/blog/executives-tech-delusion-why-your-stack-isnt-as-shiny-as-you-think</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Picture this: A CTO proudly demoes your company's "AI-powered blockchain cloud"… which is actually a jury-rigged Excel macro hosted on a 2012 server.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Revive Stagnant Employees: Leadership Tactics That Actually Work]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Picture this: You're staring at Sarah's quarterly review. Six months ago, she was your go-to for debugging existential crises in the codebase. Now? She's mailing it in like a DMV clerk on a Friday.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Coding AI: The Good, The Bad, and The \"Why Is My App Calculating the Meaning of Life?\]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Day My Code Tried to Outsmart Me It's 2 AM. You've got 47 tabs open, half a cold pizza, and a deadline that's closer than your last Zoom meeting's "5-minute break.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Agile's Identity Crisis: How We Turned a Manifesto Into a Mad Lib]]></title>
      <link>https://shaungehring.com/blog/the-agile-industrial-complex-how-we-all-became-experts-in-a-system-no-one-understands</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Day Agile Became a Buzzword Bingo Modern Agile has become a "Rorschach test where everyone sees something different," with competing visions between stakeholders.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Software Development 2025: The 9 Essential Skills Every Engineer Must Master]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Imagine it's Monday morning, 2025. The coffee machine's broken, the sales team is convinced AI will magically solve their backlog, and your manager just scheduled another "emergency" standup—an hour b...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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