LLM-powered tools amplify developer capabilities rather than replacing them(matthewsinclair.com)

323 points by matthewsinclair 1 year ago | 214 comments

Blog post by Matthew Sinclair arguing that LLM-powered programming tools act like a mech suit amplifying developers rather than replacing them.

Programmers are modern-day computers(jtlicardo.com)

12 points by jtlicardo 1 year ago | 13 comments

Mostly dead influential programming languages (2020)(hillelwayne.com)

215 points by azhenley 1 year ago | 135 comments

When I reject AI code even if it works(vinibrasil.com)

189 points by vnbrs 4 months ago | 106 comments

Don’t let an LLM make decisions or execute business logic(sgnt.ai)

253 points by petesergeant 1 year ago | 127 comments

Thoughts on thinking(dcurt.is)

588 points by bradgessler 1 year ago | 367 comments

Dustin Curtis's blog essay reflecting on how AI and LLMs have made his own writing, coding, and creative thinking feel pointless.

Programming languages that blew my mind (2023)(yoric.github.io)

329 points by todsacerdoti 2 years ago | 182 comments

A blog post by David Teller recounting the programming languages that changed how he thinks about programming over his career.

Small programming tricks(will-keleher.com)

606 points by signa11 1 month ago | 266 comments

A blog post arguing that small nuggets of programming knowledge boost productivity, sharing examples like fzf-powered ctrl+r and python3 -m http.server.

I built a programming language that LLMs can't use(blog.picheta.me)

244 points by dom96 8 days ago | 179 comments

Blog post by Dominik Picheta introducing KillSwitch, a programming language he designed so that large language models cannot use it.

The new skill in AI is not prompting, it's context engineering(philschmid.de)

832 points by robotswantdata 1 year ago | 467 comments

Blog post by Philipp Schmid arguing that context engineering, supplying LLMs with the right information and tools, matters more than prompting for AI agents.

Programming Isn't Special(blog.glyph.im)

219 points by ingve 17 days ago | 236 comments

Blog post by Glyph arguing that programming is creative work like art and that programmers should resist AI as artists and writers have.

Writing that changed how I think about programming languages(bernsteinbear.com)

388 points by r4um 1 year ago | 48 comments

A blog post listing papers, posts, and videos on programming languages and compilers that changed the author's thinking, with short commentary on each.