There was a period in my life where it felt like I had nearly infinite time. Nearly every task could get done now or in a little bit, and it didn't really matter exactly when. I had time to go to the gym for a couple hours, walk…
This past weekend was healing. It wasn't relaxing. It wasn't stressful. I didn't do that much, but I was always doing something. I left home tired and arrived back exhausted, but somehow my soul returned with a kind of satisfaction I haven't…
There are very few things in life that can't be fixed by a walk and a crunchy snack…
The times are changing, and fast. Just a month ago I wrote about my skepticism, maybe even pessimism, about AI coding tools. My conclusion was that AI was a force multiplier for both good and bad, and with worries about an incoming "slopacalypse". I would characterize my feelings…
My conclusion has been that AI tools are force multipliers. But just think about the skill of the average person. Think about the quality of average, publicly-available code. The average force is close to zero or even negative.…
Stop and smell the roses, but there were no roses. I still stopped. Over the Thanksgiving weekend I took a trip down to Joshua Tree National Park in southern California. From where I am in the bay area, this is about an 8 hour drive without traffic. From where my…
Every line of code is a bet that it will provide more business value than it will cause maintenance burden and cognitive load on future engineers…