Stories by Steve Jones on Medium
Your job is the solution and the outcome, not the code I’m not a fan of Python, the library ecosystem is great, but I just don’t like the language, the interpreted inefficiency of it, the indents, the creative non-type safe bugs. But it's really rather useful, and when using Claude, Codex or Gemini they really seem to like using Python by default. However the other day I had something that I…
Claude is good, but it needs help from Jack The “superpowers” for Claude Code are brilliant, they create effective decks that have a reasonable impact. Gamma.app is amazing, it creates phenomenal slides using Nanobanana that look like you’ve had a design team working on them for months. So I thought “ what if I could give Gamma style skills but in a Claude Code superpower way? ” and then I thought…
How to hack Claude Code and its friends There are two great wonders of Python’s ecosystem, firstly its diversity of libraries and secondly the diversity of threats that such diversity presents. Python library based threats to infrastructure are a common occurrence, as one library pulls in a whole slew a single rotten piece can result in large scale security problems. The growing market of skills,…
Why tokenomics might not be your challenge There is a fear that these leading edge mega-models will take over jobs, with screams about “AGI” and “Super-Intelligence” being what is required to replace the knowledge workers of today and to automate office and business tasks. Graphs abound that talk about “AGI” and “Phd level intelligence”, but how many jobs actually require that? What if your job…
How AI makes one type of metaverse useful Let’s bring together 3 large trends and think about how they could fundamentally change the way products are brought to market. Computer Aided Manufacturing is the norm in manufacturing these days, and of course that starts with Computer Aided Design , whether you are making T-Shirts , cars, toys or shoes , the ability to have robots take control of huge…
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How big is your team?! When doing Agile software delivery there is a “sweet spot” in terms of team size. Some people say its ‘under 15’, others will say that its better to have multiple teams of 5 or so people than one large team of 15, but everyone agrees that a 30 person team is not good for Agile. When I’ve done it I’ve erred towards smaller teams with clear boundaries, so making sure that…
Or how to use the latest libraries So I’m using Claude Code a lot, and I’ve just released the latest updates to my Agentic SDLC, and there is one feature in it I’m pretty happy with. GitHub - SteveGJones/ai-first-sdlc-practices: Repo of the scripts I'm using to work with Claude and Gemini So one of the issues with LLMs and coding is that they don’t have the latest information, Opus 4.6 things iOS…
Or why scales matter for measures I have a theory and recently I got to put it to the test, I was in New York and Chicago, then the following week I was in Stockholm and they had one thing in common: It was spectacularly cold And this is where scale matters and where my one conspiracy theory comes to the fore: I believe that America uses Fahrenheit because if they used Celsius they’d all move…
So how will we develop talent? I’ve been using Agent developers for a few months now, and it has made me update my opinions from 2023 on the impact of GenAI on developers and their skills. But I’ll start with the first key change: There is no career path for junior coders in 2027, and it could be sooner, because I don’t seen many reasons to delegate to someone who has been trained to just code in…