Selfish AI
Larry Garfield argues that the AI coding conversation focuses too much on individual productivity and ignores the broader societal costs.
Read more [www.garfieldtech.com]
AI Horseless Carriages
Pete Koomen argues that most AI apps are "horseless carriages," bolting AI onto old paradigms instead of letting users shape the prompts that drive them. He makes the case that the best AI apps should be agent builders, not just agents.
Read more [koomen.dev]
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Excessive Bold
Martin Fowler on the overuse of bold in technical writing — and how LLMs have picked up and spread this practice. The more you emphasize, the less power it has.
Read more [martinfowler.com]
What gets lost when everything is effortless?
Not all friction is bad.
Read more [carlbarenbrug.com]
A cartoonist's review of AI Art
Matthew Inman's take on AI Art. Some good points, and beautifully illustrated as always.
Read more [theoatmeal.com]
Maybe You're Not Sick of Programming
Many programmers believe they are tired of programming, but they may actually be frustrated with bureaucracy, lack of product vision, and lack of ownership. Burnout can skew perspectives, and it may be more beneficial to address these issues rather than abandoning programming entirely.
Read more [shubhamjain.co]
Vendor locked
Brent reflects on how using Tailwind CSS has led to a loss of proficiency in writing standard CSS.
Read more [stitcher.io]
An engineer's perspective on hiring
– jyn.dev
The current hiring process for engineers is flawed, wasting time and failing to differentiate between skilled candidates and those using AI.
Read more [jyn.dev]
A year with property hooks
Some interesting thoughts on property hooks by Brent
Read more [stitcher.io]
TODOs aren’t for doing
Some teams require that every TODO comment in a codebase gets logged in the bug tracker. Others automatically delete any “stale” TODO that has been in the codebase for over a year. Don’t do it!
Read more [sophiebits.com]
The Grug Brained Developer
say: complexity very, very bad
Read more [grugbrain.dev]
It's never just that simple
When you say "just," you're skipping over all the invisible complexity.
Read more [www.neverjust.net]
Type Preferences
– liamduckett.com - submitted by Liam
A short post about my preferences around type safety and static analysis.
Read more [liamduckett.com]
An argument for logging off
Some nice thought by Aaron Francis
Read more [aaronfrancis.com]
A case for Mastodon
Chris Morell has seen a bunch of pushback against Mastodon as an option, so he takes the time to address some of the issues that folks have put out there.
Read more [cmorrell.com]
Lessons from Open Source Software
– gummibeer.dev - submitted by Tom Witkowski
This post is a response/reaction to "From Contributor to Maintainer: Lessons from Open Source Software" by Patrick Organ.
Read more [gummibeer.dev]
Building Maintainable PHP Applications: Over-engineering vs under-engineering
– davorminchorov.com - submitted by Davor Minchorov
Everyone talks about over-engineering but people rarely talk about under-engineering. Learn about the differences and how they depend on the context you are in.
Read more [davorminchorov.com]
Turbo 8 is dropping TypeScript
DHH on why he's ditching TypeScript
Read more [world.hey.com]
All-hands planning meetings are probably a waste of time
Spicy headline, but good food for thought!
Read more [mikeveerman.substack.com]
Dreaming of nested properties in PHP
My colleague Seb has an interesting though on a future PHP feature.
Read more [sebastiandedeyne.com]
