Craft-Lovers and Make-It-Go People

A nice article by @hongminhee on 2 different types programmers — and how each of them is reacting to AI Coding Tools.

https://writings.hongminhee.org/2026/03/craft-alienation-llm/

One of the comments on lobste.rs is also apt.

https://lobste.rs/s/vxsjiv/why_craft_lovers_are_losing_their_craft

https://lobste.rs/s/vxsjiv/why_craft_lovers_are_losing_their_craft#c_tkudsw

(And something pointed out by others.)

#AI #AICoding #AIProgramming #AIProgrammingTools #LargeLanguageModels #LLM

Why craft-lovers are losing their craft

Les Orchard made a quiet observation recently that I haven't been able to shake. Before LLM coding assistants arrived, the split between developers was…

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A colleague gave a talk about his experience using Claude Code over the past few months. He started with positives then concluded by describing alarming psychological effects:
- Getting lazier and losing interest
- Losing confidence in his own ability to solve problems
- Building up total dependence on the tool
- Progressively forgetting how the code works because of the decreased time spent thinking about it and building it mentally.
#aicoding

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/06/01/mistral-rebrands-le-chat-as-vibe-for-work-and-coding-xcxwbn/

Mistral has rebranded its Le Chat AI assistant as Vibe, folding work automation and remote coding into one AI agent with cloud sandboxes, connectors and tiered pricing.

#AI #Mistral #LeChat #MistralVibe #VibeCoding #AIAssistants #AIAgents #AgenticAI #AICoding #Chatbots #ConversationalAI

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/06/01/minimax-launches-m3-with-1m-context-multimodal-push-xcxwbn/

MiniMax is pushing M3 into the long-context model race with multimodal input and a claimed 1 million-token window.

#AI #MiniMax #AIModels #MultimodalAI #AgenticAI #AICoding #MiniMaxM3 #ChinaAI

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/06/01/openai-brings-codex-computer-use-to-windows-pcs-xcxwbn/

OpenAI has expanded Codex on Windows with computer-use controls and phone-based remote task supervision.

#AI #OpenAI #Codex #ComputerUse #ChatGPT #AICoding #AIAgents

If you build or use niche Java libraries, you’ve seen this: AI defaults to Spring, JPA, and generic CRUD even when your framework works differently.

We test this gap live using EclipseStore and AI skills.

https://youtube.com/live/850uZaX97dY

#AICoding #LiveCoding #SoftwareEngineering #Java #AIForDevelopers

Experiment: Can Skills Teach AI a Niche Library?

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Herding T-Beam Cats: my practical test bench for running 7 LilyGo T-Beam SUPREMEs with PlatformIO, synchronized clocks, serial monitors, structured logs, and Codex-assisted debugging bounded by actual evidence.

https://salemdata.net/johnpress/?p=777

#TBeamSupreme #ESP32 #PlatformIO #Reticulum #microReticulum #EmbeddedSystems #Gentoo #AIcoding #Codex #HardwareHacking

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Skills can fix this by giving the model the missing framework knowledge in a structured way.

Live experiment with @eclipsestore

https://youtube.com/live/850uZaX97dY

#AICoding #LiveCoding #SoftwareEngineering #Java #AIForDevelopers

Experiment: Can Skills Teach AI a Niche Library?

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State of AI 2026 - programming.dev

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🚨 NEWS: GitHub Copilot passa al pagamento a token, sviluppatori indignati

Ecco i punti chiave in breve:
💡 Microsoft ha annunciato una svolta radicale per GitHub Copilot, introducendo una fatturazione basata sui token al posto del tradizionale abbonamento flat. La decisione, comunicata...

🚀 LINK: https://meteoraweb.com/news/github-copilot-passa-al-pagamento-a-token-sviluppatori-indignati

#microsoft #sviluppatori #aICoding #gitHubCopilot #fatturazioneAToken