Adversarial Communication
“AI” turns every conversation into a fight, because fighting is what they are good at.
Deciphering Glyph
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Opaque Types in Python
A proposed technique for exposing an opaque data structure with idiomatic modern Python.
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Code review is not for catching bugs.
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If you insist we have a conversation, please come prepared.
The Next Thing Will Not Be Big
Disruption, too, will be disrupted.
The “Dependency Cutout” Workflow Pattern, Part I
It’s important to be able to fix bugs in your open source dependencies, and not just work around them.
The Futzing Fraction
At least some of your time with genAI will be spent just kind of… futzing with it.
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Is your volume discount a good deal? Who nose!
The Best Line Length
What’s a good maximum line length for your coding standard?
I Think I’m Done Thinking About genAI For Now
The conversation isn’t over, but I don’t think I have much to add to it.