--- title: Best Addy Osmani posts — January 2026 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Addy Osmani posts from January 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/addy/best-of/2026/01 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/addy/best-of/2026/01 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Addy Osmani posts — January 2026 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Addy Osmani posts from January 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of Addy Osmani — January 2026 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/my-llm-coding-workflow-going-into-2026-ulft9bddl "My LLM coding workflow going into 2026") Article Addy Osmani · 35w My LLM coding workflow going into 2026 A comprehensive workflow for using LLM coding assistants effectively in 2026\. Start with detailed planning and specs before coding, break work into small iterative chunks, provide extensive context to the AI, choose appropriate models for each task, and maintain human oversight through rigorous testing and code review. Use version control aggressively with frequent commits, customize AI behavior with rules and examples, leverage automation as quality gates, and treat the AI as a powerful but fallible pair programmer requiring clear direction. The approach emphasizes that AI amplifies engineering skills rather than replacing them, with the developer remaining accountable for all code produced. 152 3 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/ai-writes-code-faster-your-job-is-still-to-prove-it-works--zanf1p7hz "AI writes code faster. Your job is still to prove it works.") Article Addy Osmani · 35w AI writes code faster. Your job is still to prove it works. AI-generated code is becoming mainstream, with over 30% of senior developers shipping mostly AI-written code by early 2026\. However, AI-generated code contains 75% more logic errors and 45% security flaws compared to human code. The key shift is that code review now focuses on verification and accountability rather than line-by-line inspection. Solo developers can ship at "inference speed" by relying on comprehensive automated testing, while teams must maintain human oversight for security, context sharing, and maintainability. The bottleneck has moved from writing code to proving it works through evidence like tests, manual verification, and clear documentation of AI's role. 71 8 [See all Addy Osmani archives](/sources/addy/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/addy/best-of/2026/01#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/addy/best-of/2026/01","name":"Best Addy Osmani Posts — January 2026","description":"The most upvoted Addy Osmani posts from January 2026, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/addy/best-of/2026/01#items","numberOfItems":2,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/my-llm-coding-workflow-going-into-2026-ulft9bddl","name":"My LLM coding workflow going into 2026"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/ai-writes-code-faster-your-job-is-still-to-prove-it-works--zanf1p7hz","name":"AI writes code faster. Your job is still to prove it works."}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Addy Osmani","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/addy"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/addy/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"January 2026"}]}]} ```