Adam Henson
Software engineer based in NYC / NJ, founder of Foo (https://www.foo.software)
Navigating Software Engineering Trends: AI, Security, and Resilience
A deep exploration of recent insights in software engineering covering cloud security, AI in healthcare, full-stack systems, and ethical practices in technology.
Engineering Insights for 2025: Trends, Tools, and Mindsets.
Delve into the latest trends in software engineering as we explore new LLM tools, deployment strategies, and career advancements in 2025.
Balancing Act: The Evolving Landscape of Software Engineering Trends
A summary of recent blog posts highlights key themes in software engineering, including AI's impact on coding, the benefits of microservices, and fostering a collaborative environment.
AI Innovations: Navigating the Evolving Landscape of Software Engineering
Discover how AI is reshaping the landscape of software engineering, from code reviews to memory management and transparency in algorithms.
Trends and Innovations in Software Engineering: Insights Unleashed
Delve into recent advancements in software engineering, highlighting key topics such as microservices orchestration, threat modeling, and database sharding.
Beyond Code: Insights into Programming Paradigms and Practices
Dive into insights from various software engineering blogs discussing paradigms, unit testing, observability, and personal knowledge systems.
Navigating Software Engineering: Insights from Recent Trends and Innovations
Explore recent blog insights into software engineering, covering database strategies, migration pitfalls, and the influence of AI on development communities.
Coding with Confidence: Navigating AI and Performance Challenges
This post delves into the integration of agentic AI, coding assistants, and distributed tracing, exploring their impact on software engineering.
Refactoring and Revving Up: Trends in Software Engineering Today
A collection of recent blog posts on software engineering highlights the importance of refactoring, software quality, and industry challenges, showcasing a dynamic field in flux.
Sampling Success: Navigating Trends in Software Engineering Insights
Explore novel insights in software engineering, from reservoir sampling to AI data ethics and integration protocols. A compelling read for developers!
Software Engineering Trends: Collaboration, AI, and Observability Unpacked!
Delve into strategic partnerships in software, AI hype checks, and powerful observability tools—the pulse of software engineering today.
Innovative Trends Reshaping Software Engineering Today
Dive into new trends and insights in software engineering, including LLM integration, semantic testing, and empowering developer experiences.
Empowering Developers: Trends Shaping Modern Software Engineering
This post reviews recent software engineering blog posts covering Internal Developer Portals, SBOMs, Security as Code, and more. Discover the latest trends transforming the industry.
Navigating the New Software Engineering Frontier: Trends and Insights
An insightful review of recent blog posts reveals the dynamic landscape of software engineering, discussing optimization, AI, and emerging security challenges. Discover key themes and insights that can guide your development journey.
Key Insights in Software Engineering: Memory, Metrics, and Management
Dive into key software engineering insights, from memory management to toxic team dynamics. Explore strategies for success in a competitive field!
15 Years of Go: Celebrating Evolution in Software Engineering
This post delves into the evolution of Go, AI in programming, and the celebration of engineering excellence, emphasizing community and innovation.
From Vibe Coding to DataOps: Trends Reshaping Software Engineering
Explore the latest trends in software engineering, from vibe coding and AI insights to the crucial need for strong documentation practices.
Transforming Software Engineering: Refactoring, Security, and Automation Trends
Delve into the latest in software engineering: getter removal, AI tutorials, zero-trust pipelines, and more. Enhance your coding and security practices!
AI and Software Engineering: A Collaborative Future Awaits!
Delve into the transformative impact of AI on software engineering, from enhancing productivity to redefining security challenges. The future beckons with collaboration, innovation, and caution!
Insights from the Frontier of Software Engineering: Trends and Tips
Dive into a synthesis of recent software engineering blogs, covering key insights on Terraform drift detection, React hurdles, AI models, and bug bounty hunting.
Beyond the Spec: Embracing Resilience and Collaboration in Software Development
Discover a synthesis of blogs exploring chaos engineering, conflict resolution, and the intricate evolution of software practices.
Learning from Mistakes: Software Engineering Insights from Recent Blogs
Dive into recent blog posts on software engineering, exploring personal journeys and advancements in AI and automation, and discover invaluable lessons.
Innovations in Software Engineering: From AI Models to Observability Tools.
Dive into the latest trends in software engineering, covering AI advancements, deployment simplicity, observability strategies, and collaborative innovations.
Innovative Trends in Software Engineering: From Concurrency to Codeless Testing
This blog post synthesizes recent discussions in software engineering, from testing concurrent code with Go to using codeless test automation.
Shaping Software Engineering: From AI to Ethical Development Trends
Explore how advancements in AI, caching, and ethical considerations are shaping the future of software engineering in this latest blog post.
Innovative Trends in Software Engineering: APIs, AI, and Beyond
This post reviews recent trends in software engineering, focusing on tools, API development, and the intersection of AI in engineering practices.
Unraveling Software Engineering Challenges and Solutions in 2025
Delve into the rich landscape of software engineering through articles on security vulnerabilities, LLM challenges, and Python automation best practices.
Transformative Innovations in Software Engineering That Redefine Practices
Discover how transformative AI innovations and new tooling advancements are changing the landscape of software engineering.
Revisiting Software Engineering: Trends and Innovations in 2025
Explore recent discussions in software engineering covering AI, security risks, automation, and the balance of innovation and oversight.
AI's Role in Transforming Software Engineering Practices and Design Patterns
Explore how AI revolutionizes software engineering, enhancing recommendation systems, modernizing design patterns, and reshaping developer roles.
Giant Clusters, GREASE, and the Future of Software Engineering: A Review of Trends and Tools in 2025
From Kubernetes clustering strategies to innovative tools like GREASE, discover the newest trends and challenges in software engineering.
The Intricate Tapestry of Software Engineering: Community, Collaboration, and AI Innovations
This blog post delves into recent discussions about open-source software, AI testing advancements, and community dynamics in tech. Explore these themes uniting the software engineering landscape.
Redefining Productivity and Development in Software Engineering
Dive into recent blog posts outlining innovations and trends redefining productivity and collaboration in software development.
Innovations and Insights in Software Engineering: Embracing Change
Explore the latest trends and insights in software engineering, covering Node.js advancements, AI integration, and the evolving landscape of performance metrics.
Innovations in Software Engineering: Buildpacks, DR Plans, and More!
Delve into the latest insights in software engineering, from Cloud Native Buildpacks to disaster recovery strategies, with highlights from recent blog posts.
Trends and Insights in Software Engineering: A Review Journey through WebSockets and Beyond!
This post reviews the latest insights from the world of software engineering, covering real-time applications, project management, and cloud comparisons.
Navigating Software Engineering: From Code Clarity to API Security Solutions
Dive into the latest trends in software engineering with insights on code quality, debugging, and backlog management. Security and efficiency take center stage.
Engineering Enlightenment: Trends and Tidbits From Software Blogs
This post reviews enlightening blog posts on API design, LLMs, automated bug fixing, and performance in React applications, sharing insights for developers.
The Software Engineering Ballet: Choreographing Transactions and Tech with AI Magic
Dive into the intricate dance of software engineering with insights on Django transactions, AI in service management, and more exciting intersections.
Branching Themes in Software Engineering: AI, DevEx & More!
This post highlights a collection of recent discussions on developer experience, generative AI, and more, reflecting the evolving landscape of software engineering.
Bridging Code and AI: Exploring Software Engineering Trends
A whimsical exploration of current software engineering trends, with a focus on Generative AI, code migration, and new testing practices.
Navigating Trends in Software Engineering: Bugs, AI, and Architecture Choices
Delve into the latest software engineering trends, from debugging with AI to the microservices versus monolith debate, revealing the evolving landscape of development.
Elevate Your Software Skills: Insights from Recent Trends
Explore the latest trends in software engineering, from CUDA programming to open-source contributions that elevate careers. This roundup highlights various insights.
Innovative Insights in Software Engineering: A Must-Read Review
This post explores recent software engineering blogs covering intelligent microservices, AI code generation, developer experiences, and code protection methods.
2025: Engineering Insights from Legacy to Reactive Programming
Explore the diverse realm of software engineering trends in 2025. From RxJS in React to insights on legacy systems, discover the art of adaptable development.
Cosmic Evolution: From Goose Migrations to Quantum Dreams
Navigate through the software cosmos. Explore Goose's smooth migrations, Django's async metamorphosis, and collaborative AI's quantum leaps.
Transformative Trends in Software Engineering: Insights & Reflections
Delve into a curated review of recent blog posts exploring AI's role, product management, coding practices, and the importance of performance optimization in software engineering.
Branching Strategies Decoded: Choose Your Code Adventure!
Branching strategies including GitFlow, GitHub Flow, and Trunk-Based Development each have their pros and cons. Discover which strategy suits your team best.
Ditch the Monolith: Monorepos as a Pathway to Efficiency
This blog post reviews insights on monorepos and monoliths, advocating for the former as a superior choice in modern software development.
Navigating Code: Jetpack Compose and AI's Forest of Change
Unearth insights into integrating Jetpack Compose and the evolving role of AI in software engineering. Discover how developers navigate the changing landscape.
Can LLMs Save or Sink StackOverflow?
In today's software landscape, AI advancements are questioning the future roles of platforms like StackOverflow while emphasizing security in frameworks such as Node.js.
2025 Tech Trends: Antitrust, AI Customizations, and Switch 2 Reveals
2025 is shaping up to be a monumental year for tech! Dive into the latest trends from Google's legal battles to the exciting reveal of the Nintendo Switch 2 and the innovative updates from ChatGPT. Get ready for a whirlwind of tech news!
Crafting Tomorrow: Insights on Software Security and Innovation
Dive into the latest software engineering news, exploring trends in security and sustainability! Uncover how Node.js and Meta are shaping the future.
In the Eye of the Tech Storm: DDoS Bots, TikTok Trials, and Gaming Glory
Amidst a digital whirlwind of DDoS bots wreaking havoc, TikTok's future hanging by a thread, and the tantalizing whispers surrounding the Nintendo Switch 2, the tech world is buzzing—and you don't want to miss a beat!
React 19 Release: A Kerfuffle Over Suspense and State Management
Join me as we unravel the vibrant discussions around React 19's latest changes! From the uproar about Suspense to the debates on state management, this post offers fresh insights and reflections from the developer community.
Lighthouse 10 Score Improvements, Audit Changes, and TypeScript
As the Lighthouse project evolves, Foo will continue to utilize its maximum potential and stay up to date with new versions. Lighthouse 10 introduced interesting and pretty major changes including performance score improvements!
Introducing Foo Tutorials: Learn Relevant Technologies and How to Use Our Services
Announcing our new tutorial section with posts diving deep into darker realms of our website and service from simple topics like monitoring page experience with Lighthouse to staying on top of SEO with Slack notifications.
How to Monitor Website Performance and Page Experience with Lighthouse
As Google search becomes more reliant on page experience, Foo can help ensure best SEO results by monitoring your websites automatically all day. This post explains how to monitor Lighthouse scores
Lighthouse 9 Refreshed Reports, User Flows and Accessibility Updates
Lighthouse 9 was launched a couple weeks ago and introduced some interesting features. In this post we recap the release of Lighthouse 9.
A New Lighthouse REST API to Automate Testing for a New Day in SEO
As Google continues steps towards a new search algorithm change focused on page experience, Foo has released version 2 of its REST API to automate Lighthouse testing. This post provides examples of how to use each of the new REST API endpoints to manage pages and Lighthouse audits on Foo.
Integration Tests, Unit Tests and React Testing Library
In the twists and turns of software engineering, it can be difficult to define a testing strategy. In this article I emphasize the priority of user experience and propose a simple set of guidelines for front end testing with the help of React Testing Library.
Monitoring Page Experience with PageSpeed Insights API and Lighthouse
PageSpeed Insights is a Google project that has drastically evolved over the past few years. This post explains how Foo uses PageSpeed Insights API for page experience monitoring with Lighthouse.
How to Prepare for Google's New Page Experience Search Algorithm
The new Google Search algorithm has been announced to rollout in May, 2021 to prioritize page experience, quantified by Web Vitals and Lighthouse. Find out how you can use Foo to help prepare.
Lighthouse Website Monitoring with Slack Notifications
In this post we'll go over how to setup Slack notifications to trigger when Lighthouse audit scores change. Stay on top of website performance, SEO and more by monitoring with Foo.
Website Performance with React and Next.js
Among the many recipes of frameworks, a popular combination these days is React with Next.js. It would be an oversight to assume we're automatically covered in terms of performance. Let's take a dive in performance implications of React with Next.js.
Lighthouse Looker Studio Connector
A guide to use Data Studio for visualizing Lighthouse data. Get started with our Data Studio connector to view and analyze beautiful charts.
How to use Lighthouse in CircleCI
CircleCI is a popular tool for orchestrating CI/CD pipelines. Lighthouse is an open-source project from Google for improving the quality of web pages. It provides user-centric metrics to audit SEO, performance, accessibility, best practices, and progressive web apps.
How to use Lighthouse in GitHub Actions
GitHub Actions are used to automate software engineering workflows. Similar to tools like CircleCI, Jenkins, Travis and many others, GitHub Actions provides a declarative API for defining workflows.
Automated Lighthouse Check: How to Use the API
Trigger Lighthouse audits by using the Automated Lighthouse Check API. Learn more!
Automated Lighthouse Check: Getting Started
Track SEO, performance, accessibility, best practice and progressive web app standards. Get started here!
What is Website Performance?
Typically when we think of web page performance, we think of the time it takes for a page to load. Traditionally, we used JavaScript events on the window object such as DOMContentLoaded and onload. Nowadays, life cycle of a web page load can be thought of more granularly. > So rather than measuring load with just one metric, we should be measuring the times of every moment throughout the experience that can have an affect on the user's load perception.~ User-centric Performance Metrics | Googl