Books, movies, and code
Nolan Lawson hits on a point that I’ve been thinking about: the best way to use AI is to go slow, so that you can go fast. The post Using AI to write better code more slowly Read the Tea Leaves appeared first on Jay Hoffmann .
Terry Godier with some words to reassure us about what is going on right now. I want to tell you a thing that I think is true, and that I think will make you feel better. The internet is not dying. A commercial veneer glued on top of it is dying. And good riddance to [ ] The post The Boring Internet Terry Godier appeared first on Jay Hoffmann .
Taps sign. Books aren’t just commodities; the profit motive is often in conflict with the aims of art. We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable — but then, so did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art. Very [ ] The post Ursula K. Le Guin acceptance speech from 2014 appeared first on Jay Hoffmann .
There's something cruel about the arc of career training that's occurred in tech over the last few decades. The first group of people through the door were a group of people that taught themselves in a field that wasn’t quite yet defined. With the best of intentions this group turned to the next generation and [ ] The post What to do with junior developers appeared first on Jay Hoffmann .
Kate Davies did something that, for all its hype, I bet AI boosters do very little of. She actually listened to a bunch of AI podcast slop generated by some company with huge ambition, promises about changing the world, and a long tech pedigree. It was bullshit. The post Knitting Bullshit katedaviesdesigns.com appeared first on Jay Hoffmann .
We are at our best when we connect. Maybe we should do it more, and forget all this machine bullshit sometimes. The post Mouthwords everything changes appeared first on Jay Hoffmann .
Mike Montiero with another piece of great advice. Be disloyal. Stay curious. The post How to use NO as a complete sentence Mike Monteiro appeared first on Jay Hoffmann .
Hegel viewed history as consisting of stages punctuated by times of upheaval. He assigned to what he called “world-historical individuals” a special role in spurring the transition from one era to another. These individuals didn’t necessarily grasp the full import of what they were doing, and their actions, while transformative, didn’t necessarily result in the [ ] The post Trump as Alexander the…
Jimmy Fallon. Taken apart. The post The Banal Horror of Jimmy Fallon Current Affairs appeared first on Jay Hoffmann .
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