Jakkie Koekemoer

Engineering Manager at Draft.dev with 25+ years in systems architecture, data engineering, and team building. Focused on scalable platforms, data governance, and AI-powered developer tooling.

Cape Town Joined on Oct 6, 2025 https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakkie-koekemoer-1636a8125/

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Engineering Manager at Draft.dev

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Jakkie Koekemoer

Mar 4

Why Developers Feel Unproductive Even When They're Shipping

#productivity #ai

6 min read

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Jakkie Koekemoer

Feb 25

AI is Killing the "Junior" Role. Here is How We Save It.

#ai #developer

9 min read

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Jakkie Koekemoer

Feb 19

"LGTM": Are We Reviewing Code or Just Rubber Stamping It?

#coding #programming #productivity

7 min read

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Jakkie Koekemoer

Feb 13

Copilot vs. Cursor vs. Reality: Why 59% of Developers Use Both (And Then Some)

#githubcopilot #ai #webdev

7 min read

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Jakkie Koekemoer

Feb 3

Why I Ignore DORA Metrics (And What I Track Instead)

#productivity #devops

6 min read

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Jakkie Koekemoer

Jan 29

Why Your Staging Environment is Lying to You (And How Anonymization Fixes It)

#security #privacy #devops

9 min read

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Jakkie Koekemoer

Jan 28

Rank Tracking in the Age of AI Overviews: What's Changed

#seo #ai #analytics

7 min read

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Jakkie Koekemoer

Jan 21

The "Uncanny Valley" of AI Code: Why Hybrid PRs Are Harder to Review Than Pure AI or Pure Human Code

#ai #codereview #devex

10 min read

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Why Developers Feel Unproductive Even When They're Shipping

AI is Killing the "Junior" Role. Here is How We Save It.

"LGTM": Are We Reviewing Code or Just Rubber Stamping It?

Copilot vs. Cursor vs. Reality: Why 59% of Developers Use Both (And Then Some)

Why I Ignore DORA Metrics (And What I Track Instead)

Why Your Staging Environment is Lying to You (And How Anonymization Fixes It)

Rank Tracking in the Age of AI Overviews: What's Changed

The "Uncanny Valley" of AI Code: Why Hybrid PRs Are Harder to Review Than Pure AI or Pure Human Code