Beyond faster code: AI and the engineering we could be doing
AI doesn’t just make writing code cheaper. It can also make architectural exploration cheaper, letting us investigate questions we previously wouldn’t have had time to pursue.
AI doesn’t just make writing code cheaper. It can also make architectural exploration cheaper, letting us investigate questions we previously wouldn’t have had time to pursue.
Early-career developers can easily mistake short-term productivity for progress. Growing into a senior also requires context, relationships, judgment, and exposure to how experienced engineers think.
AI helped me publish far more frequently by removing friction from how I develop and refine ideas, while keeping the filters, structure, and review that determine whether a post is worth publishing.
Paying for OSS is not a betrayal of its ideals. The harder problem is funding future maintenance without rewriting the promise attached to what was already given away.