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Automation is a trade-off
We should have more explicit conversations about the trade-offs we make when we use automations.
This post was originally published on dev.to.
A couple of years ago I wrote a post about abstractions. I’m revisiting it here with AI-assisted coding in mind, because I see similar issues arising. LLMs make it easier than ever to generate code, but when we look at what happens next, the picture becomes a little bit less clear.
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What to do about developer skills
This week I talked at Haggis Ruby in Glasgow.
I've been giving talks about developer learning and AI-assisted coding pretty regularly over the last couple of months. Doing this is helping me clarify my own thoughts and better position me to advise others, based on what I've learned about software engineering and pedagogy over the years. This week I had the pleasure of speaking at Haggis Ruby in Glasgow, with a community I wasn't part of but who could not have been more welcoming and open to what I was saying. ❤️
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When is a tool the right tool for the job?
Digging into skill development with a group of research software engineering experts.
This week I spent time with a group of leaders in research software engineering at a workshop on the implications of using LLMs in their work. I gave a short lightning talk and shared a position paper representing my current thinking on AI assisted coding.
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Do your fingers remember how to code?
My Monki Gras talk – discovering developer skills worth learning when AI can write code.
This week I'm talking at Monki Gras about developer learning and AI.
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We should still teach coding
Coding skills are going to be as important as ever.
This post was originally published at dev.to/fastly.
Software written using generative AI is all over the web. Performance and security issues abound. Open source projects are being overwhelmed by bot traffic. There's a lot of harm being caused, but as an educator who cares about lowering barriers to software creation, I can't ignore the democratizing potential of these tools either.
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