Programming as Theory Building: Why Senior Developers Are More Valuable(cekrem.github.io)

34 points by vinhnx 1 year ago | 5 comments

Why Developer Experience Is More Than Just Better Tooling(blog.pragmaticdx.com)

3 points by neowise 1 year ago | 0 comments

You're not a senior engineer until you've worked on a legacy project (2023)(infobip.com)

731 points by tonkkatonka 1 year ago | 399 comments

Infobip developer blog post arguing that working on a legacy project is a necessary experience for becoming a senior software engineer.

A dev's thoughts on developer productivity (2022)(sourcegraph.com)

75 points by hogu 2 years ago | 27 comments

Judge dismisses majority of GitHub Copilot copyright claims(developer-tech.com)

197 points by thunderbong 2 years ago | 263 comments

The recurring dream of replacing developers(caimito.net)

544 points by glimshe 9 months ago | 428 comments

Blog post by Stephan Schwab on why businesses have tried to replace software developers every decade since 1969, from COBOL to AI.

The future of software development is software developers(codemanship.wordpress.com)

376 points by cdrnsf 10 months ago | 471 comments

A Codemanship blog post arguing that the future of software development still depends on human software developers.

Senior Developer Skills in the AI Age(manuel.kiessling.net)

370 points by briankelly 1 year ago | 273 comments

Blog post by Manuel Kießling on how experienced developers can use their skills to get better results from AI coding agents.

Software engineering may no longer be a lifetime career(seangoedecke.com)

380 points by movis 5 months ago | 624 comments

Sean Goedecke's blog post arguing that because AI use reduces learning on the job, software engineering may no longer be a lifelong career.

Coding expertise is going to collapse from AI reliance(larsfaye.com)

490 points by larsfaye 2 months ago | 479 comments

Blog essay by Lars Faye arguing that reliance on AI coding tools removes the friction needed to develop long-term programming expertise.

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.

The recurring dream of replacing developers(caimito.net)

544 points by glimshe 9 months ago | 428 comments

Blog post by Stephan Schwab on why businesses have tried to replace software developers every decade since 1969, from COBOL to AI.