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Even if you're an experienced TDDer, these bite-sized courses are a useful touchbase to check no bad habits are creeping in, and to discuss edge cases. Well worth it IMO.
Looking forward to this evening's TDD workshop for self-funding learners. We still have a few places left if you're at a loose end and want to get to grips with - or get a refresher in - this essential code craft discipline. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/codemanship/2131015
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I really, really hate this whole AI thing. As far as I am concerned it is simply not fit for purpose. And yet we carry on trying to force the square peg into the round hole.
What happened to our smarts as an industry?
44% of developers are frustrated with AI that's "almost right." 30% say debugging AI code takes longer. 13% feel less confident in their own abilities. AI speeds things up, but at what cost?
Supply-chain security woes! Here's a simple configuration that will improve your PNPM security posture along with a nudge towards something even deeper!
https://coderlegion.com/14098/configuring-pnpm-to-tackle-the-supply-chain-bonfire
You have probably faced the same dilemma. If you let you dependencies get out of date, the chances are you'll harbor a code vulnerability. If you update them too soon, you potentially introduce a malicious version with a supply chain attack. This may...
In response to people who proclaim that software developers who "just translate specs into code" are "obsolete"...
Software specification is necessarily a conversation between people with needs – and, ideally, money – and people who specialise in meeting needs using computers. T’was ever thus, t’will ever be.
So apparently the source code of one highly valued, LLM-based code-production product has been inspected by external actors, and found to be extensive, but not exactly an impressive feat of engineering.
Reportedly it consists in some part of natural language directions that attempt to coax, beg, and beseech the text generator to produce desired kinds of output.
Has anyone coined the term "autocompleading" for this style of software development yet?
Did a silly April 1st joke on LinkedIn. Now feeling a little guilty about it.
I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Chief AI Officer at Oktopusᴬᴵ! Read the official announcement here: https://lnkd.in/egGeaBv2 | 17 comments on LinkedIn
CircleCI's analysis of 28 million CI workflows confirms the same picture the DORA data shows. While feature branch activity's up significantly, the median impact on *main* (i.e. release) branch activity's net-negative 7%.
Only the top 5% of teams saw significant gains. The top 10% flatlined at 1%.
For the average team, AI slows them down overall.
Told ya!
In our last issue, we shared a preview of data from our upcoming 2026 State of Software Delivery showing that the promised AI productivity boom isn’t all hype. Throughput across the CircleCI platform increased 59% year-over-year, by far the largest productivity jump we've ever recorded and a clear i
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