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Vibe Coding, Vibe Checking, and Vibe Blogging

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Some of you might have read my recent piece for O’Reilly Radar where I detailed my journey adding AI chat capabilities to Python Tutor , the free visualization tool that’s helped millions of programming students understand how code executes. Let me walk you through a recent example that perfectly illustrates this approach.

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Have we reached the end of ‘too expensive’ for enterprise software?

CIO

Generative artificial intelligence ( genAI ) and in particular large language models ( LLMs ) are changing the way companies develop and deliver software. While useful, these tools offer diminishing value due to a lack of innovation or differentiation. This will fundamentally change both UI design and the way software is used.

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Can AI solve your technical debt problem?

CIO

Add outdated components or frameworks to the mix, and the difficulty to maintain the code compounds. Just as generative AI tools are fundamentally changing the ways developers write code, theyre being used to refactor code as well. Adding clarity to obscure code. Sniffing out code smells.

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Effective Software Testing – A Developer’s Guide

Henrik Warne

I recently finished Effective Software Testing – A Developer’s Guide by Maurício Aniche , and I really liked it. I have been coding for a long time and I think I have been writing pretty good tests for the features I have implemented. The book apparently grew out of lecture notes from a course on software testing.

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Levity is a ‘no-code’ AI tool to let anyone create workflow automations

TechCrunch

Levity , which has been operating in stealth (until now), is the latest no-code company to throw its wares into the ring, having picked up $1.7M Typical repetitive tasks that can be automated includes reviewing and categorizing documents, images, or text. This, of course, is where machine learning come into play. “We

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Use Git data to optimize your developers’ annual reviews

TechCrunch

So here’s a run down of why you need data to set up a fair annual review process; if not this year, then you can kick-start it for 2021. That means that after you’ve set it up, it will be updated regularly on the engineer’s progress using indicators directly from the code repository. Use data to set next year’s goals.

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Finding a New Software Developer Job

Henrik Warne

For the first time ever, I was laid off, and had to find a new software developer job. It’s quite good, but I didn’t use it much, because I wanted to make sure I did all coding by myself at interviews. Of course, knowing the libraries and ecosystems is good, but in my experience not strictly necessary.