【文章标题】：How software engineering is changing: an essay challenge
软件工程如何变革：征文挑战赛
【文章正文】：
The pace of change in software engineering is only accelerating, especially since January of this year.
软件工程的变革速度正在不断加快，尤其自今年一月以来更为显著。
This is all to do with the industry-wide adoption of LLMs, AI tooling, and AI infrastructure.
这一切都与全行业大规模采用大语言模型（LLMs）、AI工具及AI基础设施密切相关。
At The Pragmatic Engineer, we always want to capture as much of what’s going on as possible at startups, Big Tech, and other businesses, in order to share with subscribers.
在《务实工程师》团队，我们始终致力于捕捉初创企业、科技巨头及其他公司的最新动态，以便与订阅用户分享。
That’s why we’re launching an essay competition with a chance to win up to $10,000, this week!
为此，我们本周启动征文比赛，最高奖金可达1万美元！
Send us up to 10,000 words on how you see things at your startup or tech company, or at a business you’re connected with.
请提交不超过1万字的文章，阐述您对所在初创企业、科技公司或关联企业的观察。
The best entries will be published in the Pragmatic Engineer and win prizes of 10,000 for the best essay we read.
优秀作品将刊登于《务实工程师》，并获得2500美元奖金，最佳文章还将斩获1万美元大奖。
The Pragmatic Engineer reports many developments in tech in our deepdives, including how building software is changing at Anthropic, why Ramp built its own in-house coding agent, how Uber uses AI for development, how Codex is built and what it could mean for the future of software engineering, and much more.
《务实工程师》通过深度报道追踪技术演进，包括Anthropic的软件开发变革、Ramp自研编程代理的初衷、Uber的AI开发实践、Codex的构建及其对软件工程未来的启示等。
Almost every company we talk with currently says that processes which worked fine for years are suddenly pretty outdated.
几乎所有受访企业都表示，沿用多年的流程突然显得过时。
This pace of change makes it hard to cover the full breadth and diversity of tech in one deepdive per week – especially right now, when engineers are building and using new and better tools in every part of the software development lifecycle.
变革速度之快使得我们难以通过每周一篇深度报道覆盖技术全景——尤其当工程师们正在软件开发全生命周期中构建和使用更优工具时。
So, we’re launching a writing challenge to encourage software builders to share how things on the ground are changing.
因此我们发起写作挑战，鼓励软件构建者分享一线变革实况。
We’ll share these cutting-edge reports with readers in future editions of the Pragmatic Engineer.
这些前沿报告将通过《务实工程师》后续刊载与读者见面。
So, tell us what’s new, different, better, and worse in your part of the tech industry since AI entered your workflow!
请告诉我们：自AI进入您的工作流程后，所在科技领域有哪些新变化、差异、改进或退步！
What we’re looking for
征稿要求
An essay written for software engineers: 3,000 – 10,000 words on one of these topics:
面向软件工程师的征文：3000-10000字，选题包括：
How software engineering is changing at your company, institution, or open source project
您所在企业/机构/开源项目的软件工程变革
The engineering culture at your company, institution, or Open source project in 2026
2026年您所在企业/机构/开源项目的工程文化展望
How you build software in your company, institution, or open source project
您所在企业/机构/开源项目的软件开发实践
Software engineers turning into AI engineers at your company, institution, or open source project. Basically, how the work is changing
软件工程师如何转型为AI工程师——本质上是工作方式的变革
First-hand details:
第一手细节：
Winning essays will include the authors’ personal observations and opinions.
获奖文章需包含作者的亲身观察与见解。
Include details about the team and company:
需提供团队与公司细节：
Including details about the team and company in the spotlight is important and enriches the essay by painting a more complete picture for readers; what engineering practices are changing, what’s still the same, what about tooling, and processes? Is there any “traditional wisdom” that no longer holds true – or is still true today?
聚焦团队与公司的细节能为读者构建完整图景：哪些工程实践在变？哪些未变？工具与流程如何？有哪些”传统智慧”已失效或依然适用？
It’s not necessary for writers to work at a company/team being written about.
作者不必就职于所述公司/团队。
Software engineers and “builders” only:
仅限软件工程师及”构建者”：
We want to hear from folks who build software; meaning that you have built from scratch, pushed to prod, or been paged when your service (or someone else’s) caused an outage. Basically, if you do this currently, or did it in the past, then your essay is eligible for entry.
我们希望听取软件构建者的声音——即有过从零开发、推动上线，或服务故障时被呼叫经历的人士。只要您现在或曾经从事此类工作，即可参赛。
You don’t have to be a builder right now if you’re still close to those who build software.
若您仍与软件构建者保持密切接触，即使当前非直接从业者亦可参赛。
Individual work.
个人作品：
This competition is specifically for individuals, so articles written collectively by teams are not eligible.
本次竞赛仅限个人投稿，团队合著作品不符合要求。
Of course, outside of this competition, The Pragmatic Engineer always welcomes articles from teams that want to share interesting developments!
当然，非竞赛场景下，《务实工程师》始终欢迎团队分享有趣进展！
No AI writing allowed.
禁用AI写作：
Writing is thinking, and we are interested in your own thoughts and observations, not a sharp, one-sentence observation turned into three paragraphs of blob text by an LLM. Using AI as a research tool is allowed if you’re confident about the accuracy of its output, but all the words must be written by a person.
写作即思考，我们关注您的原创观点而非LLM生成的扩展文本。若对输出准确性有信心，可将AI作为研究工具，但所有文字必须由人类撰写。
Submitted essays must not be available to read elsewhere before 20 October.
参赛文章在2026年10月20日前不得公开发表。
The essay has to be purpose-written for this competition and cannot have been published online or in print prior to 20 October 2026 in order to be eligible.
参赛文章须专为本次竞赛创作，且在2026年10月20日前未以任何形式发表。
After this date, a submitted essay can be published on any company blog, personal blog, or other medium.
此后，投稿文章可发布于公司博客、个人博客等平台。
Prizes
奖项设置
The competition has the following prizes:
竞赛设以下奖项：
Grand prize: $10,000 and publication in The Pragmatic Engineer (following editing), and a Pragmatic Engineer surprise package.
大奖：1万美元奖金+经编辑后发表于《务实工程师》+惊喜礼包
For winning entries, we reserve the right to make edits for legal, editorial, style, grammar, and punctuation reasons.
对获奖作品，我们保留基于法律、编辑、文体、语法及标点的修改权。
Runner-up prize(s): $2,500 + sharing an excerpt in The Pragmatic Engineer + a The Pragmatic Engineer surprise package.
优胜奖：2500美元奖金+《务实工程师》节选刊登+惊喜礼包
Focus of the runner up category includes viewpoints from:
优胜奖特别关注以下视角：
Bootstrapped (non-VC-funded) companies
自筹资金（非风投支持）企业
More “traditional” companies that not digital-first, or which even predate digitalization
非数字化优先甚至早于数字化时代的”传统”企业
AI-native startups founded in 2023 or later which have been using AI tools since day one
2023年及以后成立、从创立即使用AI工具的AI原生初创公司
Academia, government institutions, and…
学术界、政府机构及…（原文未完）