Looking back some odd years, my job description has had quite a bit of scope creep. I started off as a humble backend developer, maintaining an API and maybe writing some SQL migrations. Then came the automated testing, which seemed like a natural extension of the role. Our team at the time still had a dedicated QA person for testing, but we took on some of that load. After that, the push was for…
LinkedIn has never been my favorite site on the web. I get the impression I am not the intended audience for most of what comes across my feed. The majority of it is focused around AI 1 , either in a positive or negative light. These articles feel like they could be for me, they touch a subject I work with daily now. Promoting the use of Ralph loops , or tales of deleted databases by rogue agents.…
Well, first I suppose we should go around the room and introduce ourselves. I'll start... My name is Ian McNaughton, I have been a software dev for a number of years now professionally, mostly in the webspace, with a good focus on back end tech. Someplace between the UI and the database is where I am most comfortable, but I can hold my own on either edge. A fun fact about me is I can spend…