Vacationcast - Reflections on AI's Influence on Software Engineering
May 27, 2025•22 min•Season 3Ep. 18
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Episode description
A vacationcast where Andy ruminates on AI coding assistants. He draws on an article re wrote in 2007 on autonomic computing. Emphasis is placed on the essential roles and responsibilities of software engineers, differentiating them from AI systems. Andy shares personal experiences and observations of using tools like AI coding assistants, highlighting potential pitfalls and benefits. He concludes with some thoughts on a possibly useful pattern to follow when working with the assistants that keeps the software engineer responsible for the engineering.
References
- Autonomic Computing - https://zaphod42.livejournal.com/45717.html
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