If you use GitHub (especially if you pay for it!!) consider doing this *immediately*
Settings -> Privacy -> Disallow GitHub to train their models on your code.
GitHub opted *everyone* into training. No matter if you pay for the service (like I do). WTH
github.com/settings/cop...
Vibe coding an app and shipping it feels a lot like opening a cafe where the food tastes pretty good, but you have no idea whether it's going to give your customers food poisoning later on.
@bryanl.dev tells the cold truth here: "Most organizations have never had a model for developing software engineers. They had an environment that happened to produce growth, and they mistook the environment for a system."
This was perhaps the most stressful programming I've ever done, I had a BLAST competing with @joshwcomeau.com and y'all should watch me panic-sing
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There’s a massive difference between using AI to solve a problem vs using it to generate a solution.
The output looks the same, but the growth is worlds apart. Sadly, it seems most people are settling for the shortcut and missing the true value of AI.
Me looking at all the developers who avoided writing good docs and are now proudly showing off their AI prompts thinking it'll do exactly what they want.
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So much internal screaming... 😱
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I made this video over a few days of me... figuring out my current feelings about AI. Watch me crash out 🤪
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC7Y...
Claude Code!
So much of the content I see these days consists of developers spending all this energy trying to making AI predictable and deterministic.
The irony is that we are already equipped with the skills to accomplish that already: writing code.
I totally think so! In fact, when I get around to it I'll see if I can update the skill so that it has a more generic context with the option to refer to different sections if it's geared towards say technical content rather than just a normal conversation.
One of the best uses of AI in my workflow isn't generating code. It's capturing the ideas I used to lose.
One command. The agent generates an outline w/ full context in less than a minute.
No more disrupted flow state. No more lost insights.
www.bencodezen.io/blog/the-qui...
also: if you want to be on Web Dev Challenge, there’s a casting call! codetv.link/wdc/casting-call
also please nominate great devs that haven’t been on the show. it’s important to me that the show includes real representation of industry devs in addition to bringing on recognizable community folks
That’s totally fair! There’s definitely a time and place for its speed and output.
The concern is more from a long term professional standpoint especially in regards to what it means for people’s ability to be productive when those services aren’t available / fail to perform as expected.
In my mind, at least when developers were required to do more of their own research and code themselves, there was at least some level of craftsmanship and critical thinking required.
Nowadays it feels far more performative in comparison to before.
The productive feeling people get with AI reminds me of students who think they're learning a lot by only watching video tutorials.
It feels good, but retention is far from the truth.
You may be "shipping faster," but have you actually refined your skills and knowledge?
Great article on the hidden cost of high-velocity engineering in the AI era.
We talk about how AI tools make individual tasks faster, but there's constant context-switching and decision fatigue.
siddhantkhare.com/writing/ai-f...
I totally agree! Using the AI as a rubber duck and then playing off of that has made it far more fun than simply reading diffs and accepting changes.
Plus, I’ve found the process of typing out the code gives me time to consider how it’s organized. Kind of like trying out the dish mid-cooking.
When code is generated by the AI, it feels like microwaving a frozen. It's fine for some use cases, but it lacks the satisfaction of making it from scratch.
Plus, cooking from scratch gives creative freedom and a more visceral learning experience.
tl;dr I still like typing the code myself. 🤓
Screenshot of the context menu you get when right-clicking on a terminal session and the ability to move it into a new window.
If you're using an AI agent in the integrated terminal of VS Code and find it a little too cramped for your liking, #TIL you can move the terminal to a new window!
Corporate: "Learn how to spot scam attempts. Scammers often create a false sense of urgency to override your common sense."
Corporate: "The market says if we don't adopt AI by Q3 we will be LEFT BEHIND."
Change that last digit to a 5 — #0005 — and you’ve got yourself a 50% transparent black on the go.
Good to know!
Same!!!
