Tag: ai
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The Coming Dark Age of Programming
There is a quiet shift happening in programming. It’s the subtle thinning of craftsmanship. Tools are more powerful than ever, the barriers to entry lower than ever, and yet, paradoxically, the depth of understanding behind much of today’s software is disappearing. It feels less like progress and more like the early stages of a decline:…
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Spreadsheets and LLMs: from Prototyping to Archaeology
Spreadsheets are among the most productive tools ever created. You can take a vague idea, and within minutes have something that resembles a working model. Same goes for LLMs. And both tools become problematic when people quietly start treating the prototype as the final system.
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The Illusion of Intelligence at the Cutting Edge
Artificial intelligence, particularly large language models (LLMs), is routinely described as cutting edge technology. The term is used so often that it has almost lost its meaning. Any product, workflow, or company that includes an LLM is assumed to be modern by definition, regardless of what it actually produces, or whether it produces anything at all.…
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Swipe to Skip Learning
For aspiring developers and juniors entering the field, this moment in time is pivotal. You’re being told you can build apps faster than ever, launch startups in a weekend, learn “just enough” programming to glue AI tools together. But if you skip learning how software actually works, you’re not speeding up your career. You’re quietly…
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Swipe for Technical Debt
AI coding tools are spreading through software companies faster than any previous technology. Startups are embracing them for “productivity”, teams are embedding them in every IDE, and developers are boasting about how much code they can generate in an afternoon. It feels like progress. Is it? The truth is, using AI to write code is…