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Symmathecist, in the medium of code: the software is part of a system that includes the…
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Efficiency—why??
Efficiency—why??
A takeaway from Cat Swetel’s talk at Agile 2025: Understand why your company cares about efficiency. Is it part of the…
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Emerging Practice for AI-assisted Coding: Persistent Prompt
Emerging Practice for AI-assisted Coding: Persistent Prompt
> We are going to work on adding a new question. AI: ….
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AI Assisted Coding Tip: It Messes With Your Computer
AI Assisted Coding Tip: It Messes With Your Computer
The other day I asked my agent, “How can I tell git to ignore chat logs in every project?” Lesson 1: If you want…
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Augmented Automation Principle: Save Our Work
Augmented Automation Principle: Save Our Work
Today I opened the AWS console in order to transcribe a video, and I could not be bothered again. Too much clicking.
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Excited to announce... I've decided to return to Thoughtworks! I'm looking forward to tackling a new set of challenges with some amazing thought…
Excited to announce... I've decided to return to Thoughtworks! I'm looking forward to tackling a new set of challenges with some amazing thought…
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I do not understand the rationale for speaking of legacy code as some obscure niche use case. It's the majority of the market and not shrinking. As…
I do not understand the rationale for speaking of legacy code as some obscure niche use case. It's the majority of the market and not shrinking. As…
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I feel that much of the AI overhype is due to the fact that it's always the same type of folk who peddle new miracle solutions inside large…
I feel that much of the AI overhype is due to the fact that it's always the same type of folk who peddle new miracle solutions inside large…
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This ain't your grandmother's Java
JAX Magazine
See publicationScala's collection processing idioms can be used in Java as well, and our code and design can be cleaner for it.
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Have you seen my monkey?
JAX Magazine
See publicationThe difference in brain capacity between humans and monkeys is due largely to abstraction. This skill also separates great developers from code monkeys.
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Pattern Matching in F# Part 2 : Active Patterns
developerFusion.com
See publicationOf all the features in F#, pattern matching is the killer app. It’s powerful, accessible, and extensible. Patterns condense a lot of decision-making power into little space without sacrificing readability, as you’ll see in this two-part series.
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Pattern Matching in F#, Part 1: Built-in Patterns
developerFusion.com
See publicationOf all the features in F#, pattern matching is the killer app. It’s powerful, accessible, and extensible. Patterns condense a lot of decision-making power into little space without sacrificing readability, as you’ll see in this two-part series.
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JetBrains Academy Member
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Nathan Lincoln on working with an agent: Put it on auto, make sure it can run its tests, and go think about something else. Don't babysit it. Don't…
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