alexbolyJun 6
The goal of AI in software development isn't to write more code faster. It's to write better code — and that often means slowing down.
Nolan Lawson wrote a piece called "Using AI to write better code more slowly", and the sentiment is right. The techniques are a different conversation.
What actually works? The same things that worked before AI: small pieces, clear goals, incremental iteration. AI gives you a faster feedback loop on those fundamentals — not a shortcut around them. https://moza...
Show threadThe Long TailJun 6
@alexboly Except the people buying AI don't want that, they want barely sufficient quality code written more quickly and at lower cost.
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@sleepyfox some, yes. I've worked with organizations who seem more thoughtful, at least for now, and haven't bought into token maxxxing. They aren't the visible ones.

To me, the conversation feels a lot like the ones around agile or TDD: it's very easy to find the counter examples because they're all around us; but pockets of the industry are working differently. If I were a betting man, I would bet that one of them will become the future "Spotify model" of AI usage.

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Show threadThe Long TailJun 7
@alexboly Given how Spotify never actually used the Spotify model, and also given how they treat artists, I'm not sure we should be referring to anything as 'the Spotify model', unless we're deliberately referring to the hypocrisy of saying you're doing one thing but actually doing something completely different whilst also screwing over your suppliers...
Show threadalexbolyJun 7

@sleepyfox everything you say is correct. At the same time there was something called "Spotify model" that resonated with organizations leaders enough to start agile transformation programs. This is what I'm referring to.

And I'm aware that the whole thing was illogical, based on semantically wrong notions, and that results were mixed. But I've learned to accept that's how culture works, because no matter how much we want to think otherwise, people aren't logical beings.

Show threadThe Long TailJun 8
@alexboly I know. I simply choose not to give in to the corporate groupthink #Agile narrative. People will not know the truth if they never hear it, so I believe it is my responsibility to speak it.