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title: "A software engineer details how he went from merging eight to 20 pull requests per month to 200+ after joining AI-native creator startup Tano eight months ago (Neil Kakkar/The Pragmatic Engineer)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/a-software-engineer-details-how-he-went-from-merging-eight-to-20-pull-f67c787b
published: 2026-11-04T09:45:17.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# A software engineer details how he went from merging eight to 20 pull requests per month to 200+ after joining AI-native creator startup Tano eight months ago (Neil Kakkar/The Pragmatic Engineer)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-11-04 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/a-software-engineer-details-how-he-went-from-merging-eight-to-20-pull-f67c787b

Neil Kakkar / The Pragmatic Engineer : A software engineer details how he went from merging eight to 20 pull requests per month to 200+ after joining AI-native creator startup Tano eight months ago — Before we start: I'm in San Francisco this week and there are a few remaining spots for these live events (registration required):

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/261104/p11#a261104p11)

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