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Inspired by https://www.justfivemins.com/p/episode-146-christmas-day-2025-edition happy xmas! FOSS projects this year of 2025: - https://github.com/timabell/disk-hog-backup - https://github.com/timabell/gitopolis - https://github.com/timabell/markdown-neuraxis - It was " Comprehension Debt " not "Cognitive Debt" - close!
# Summary In this conversation, Tim Abell and David Sheardown explore the challenges and innovations in productivity tools and AI coding assistants and the overwhelming landscape of AI tools available for software development. The dialogue delves into the nuances of using AI in coding, the potential of multi-agent systems, and the importance of context in achieving optimal results. They also touch…
Tim & Jim discuss what they've learned trying to use AI tools such as github, gpt, windsurf, claude etc to write code in small and large projects, open and closed source. Jim: luxagen.com RotKraken rkd Vibe coding obama meme David just5mins Windsurf referer link for bonus credits cursor vs windsurf
From the blog - https://0x5.uk/2025/01/31/why-is-reading-bad-code-so-painful/ David's just-five-mins podcast - https://www.justfivemins.com/ ps, when I said "Increased heart attack" I meant to say "Increased heart rate" 🤕 😆 - but maybe bad code does lead to increased heart attack, so a Freudian slip?!
A piece on leadership and teams needed to create great software projects and overcome the organisational immune system, all without any fan noise, and an intro from Mark . Unicorn project book DevOps handbook (hint, DevOps is *not* a separate team or job title, that's just Ops) Culture - The Fearless Organisation book MeLE Fanless Mini PC Quieter 4C Dead Sea Effect
A flowing discussion with Neil about the life of a contractor, before during and after, with some important mental health lessons hard learned along the way. Neil shares advice for people at every stage in the contracting journey, from tentative first steps to options for going beyond contracting, along with his own journey. Neil: https://www.neilmillard.com/ LinkedIn…
David kindly had me on as a guest on his wonderful "just 5 mins" show to talk a bit more about outside-in-testing and answer some of his questions after my last episode on this show on the matter. - Just Five Mins! Episode 78 - Outside in Testing with Tim
A follow up to my blog post on test automation - with an angle that I think is missing in so much of the software industry - outside in fully automated tests from the perspective of the user is THE most important thing - plus don't let your tests see your internals, not even for setup and teardown. (01:53) - automated tests blog (05:20) - axiom 1 - user perspective (07:50) - axiom 2 - the 99th…
timwise.co.uk/2024/01/13/new-tool-sln-items-sync-for-visual-studio-solution-folders/ justfivemins.com (David's podcast) buttondown.email timwise.co.uk/subscribe
https://timwise.co.uk/2023/10/20/use-kdiff3-for-merge-conflict-resolution/ https://timwise.co.uk/2023/10/20/git-what-do-'base'-'local'-'remote'-mean/ https://timwise.co.uk/2023/09/28/what-is-hexagonal-architecture/ https://timwise.co.uk/2019/10/14/merge-vs-rebase/ https://timwise.co.uk/subscribe/ https://github.com/rustworkshop/gitopolis/tree/3a8eb6e868a4e42370e8f4d587ad0e8525e9da2e/tests
