More than the tool it’s the principles outlined in this article that are interesting if you think about what are the parts/systems/rules that would make a harness successful.

“[People] simply drop it into where it needs to go (or not), and somehow, magically, it seems to work. And I am not talking about not remembering flags for Linux cli tooling (tar, looking at you), I am talking about people copy pasting entire piped xargs commands into their terminal and then praying that it doesn’t ruin your day somehow. No thinking, no learning, just slop everywhere. Yes, people did this before AI using Stackoverflow snippets, but at least you had to fit the puzzle piece into your architecture, and think about the code in some way or form. Not anymore.”

A contrarian opinion piece that draws parallels between some Mao’s campaigns and the rush to AI. Lots of great views that give perspective and help keep things in check.

An account of using AI to do a project that was just a bit out of reach previously. There’s some really good insights, like comparing AI coding to slot machines.

An in-depth article about working with LLMs from a senior engineering perspective.

Really good comment in an HN thread about Germany’s declining exports (in the context of car manufacturing). The comment highlights that the density of a local network of specialists is what makes the difference, not brute forcing hours of work.

Really good quote material in this article that introduces the notion of cognitive debt induced by AI coding without time to ingest the architecture and edge cases.

A collection of personal tips from a senior engineer at Google. Many good points that can be useful to open intermediate and junior developers mind to new perspectives in their career development.

A collection of personal tips from a senior engineer at Google. Many good points that can be useful to open intermediate and junior developers mind to new perspectives in their career development.

Shows a workflow based on a monorepo, and interestingly shows a directory structure that covers all aspects.

Shows a workflow based on a monorepo, and interestingly shows a directory structure that covers all aspects.

An alternative take on Tomboy notes’ design

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