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ML at Veriff: What is possible in a year

Taivo Pungas

07 Nov 2019 • 1 min read

Are software jobs set to grow or shrink?

There seem to be two views of what will happen with engineers' jobs given the new efficiencies from using advanced AI coding tools (Cursor, Claude Code, etc). The first view is partial rebound. Fewer engineers will be needed in total: if engineers are 20% more effective per hour, there

05 Jul 2025 2 min read

Gemini 2.5 Pro isn't quite Claude 3.7 at coding

Gemini 2.5 Pro was just released and it could be a big deal, if its coding abilities pan out. The current positioning of Gemini has been roughly that it is a tad behind the OpenAI/Anthropic models of the same class, and far behind the coding capabilities of Claude

25 Mar 2025 2 min read

Hiring as the marriage problem

At one point in my career, our company was hiring for role of a Head of Marketing. I got a strong referral from a friend, reached out, the match was great, and she passed the interview process with ease. And then we just... sat on it. The hiring manager said

25 Mar 2025 1 min read

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