AI is an impediment to learning web development(ben.page)

175 points by bdlowery 2 years ago | 166 comments

My AI-built PHP engine in Rust passes 17% of PHP-src tests, renders WordPress(ekinertac.com)

26 points by ekinertac 3 months ago | 38 comments

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.

How I use LLMs to learn complex topics(laurentiugabriel.github.io)

763 points by laurentiurad 2 months ago | 489 comments

Personal blog post by Laurentiu Raducu describing how he uses LLMs to learn complex topics, including building an interactive chip-making game called ChipTycoon.

AI Coding assistants provide little value because a programmer's job is to think(doliver.org)

76 points by d0liver 1 year ago | 106 comments

The current state of LLM-driven development(blog.tolki.dev)

192 points by Signez 1 year ago | 191 comments

AI is making me dumb(jpain.io)

407 points by Eighth 5 months ago | 247 comments

A personal blog post in which a software developer argues that relying on AI for writing code, articles, and documents is eroding his own writing and programming skills.

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.

AI Made Writing Code Easier. It Made Being an Engineer Harder(ivanturkovic.com)

343 points by saikatsg 7 months ago | 242 comments

Blog post by Ivan Turkovic arguing that AI tools make producing code easier while making the broader job of being a software engineer harder.

AI should elevate your thinking, not replace it(koshyjohn.com)

785 points by koshyjohn 6 months ago | 556 comments

Blog post by Koshy John arguing engineers should use AI to augment their thinking rather than outsource it, distinguishing real leverage from self-inflicted irrelevance.

AI is just unauthorised plagiarism at a bigger scale(axelk.ee)

665 points by speckx 5 months ago | 542 comments

A personal blog post arguing that AI companies train on authors' work without consent or compensation, amounting to plagiarism at scale.

AI agents are starting to eat SaaS(martinalderson.com)

343 points by jnord 10 months ago | 343 comments

Martin Alderson blog post arguing that AI coding agents are reducing demand for SaaS products as companies can cheaply build their own software.