Andrew Stellman ๐พ Head First C# out now!
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๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ Hereโs a trick: after Copilot or ChatGPT generates code, ask it to review that same code for problems. Because the model shifts context, it often surfaces issues it โmissedโ the first time:
๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ ๐ Iโm really excited to share my latest Radar piece: โThe Cognitive Shortcut Paradox.โ AI gives developers the ability to skip the slow, messy parts of coding.
๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ : ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ต๐๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ท๐๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ Evidence is emerging that AI chatbots boost productivity for experienced developersโbut have little measurable impact on skill growth for
๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ดโ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒโ๐ ๐๐ต๐ ๐ I got a thoughtful reply on one of my posts: weโre in a transition phase where LLMs cover 80% of the work, and once the last 20% is solved, weโll just be writing apps in natural language instead of code. Itโs a smart
"The AI Teaching Toolkit: Practical Guidance for Teams" buff.ly/i1f2QWN Andrew Stellman ๐พ (via O'Reilly Media)
๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐# ๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐ โ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐ซโ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ค ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ ๐ A few months ago, I started corresponding with a reader whoโs been learning C# while working at sea. He studies during breaks, memorizing code snippets and thinking through
๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ง๐๐ฐ O'Reilly Media ๐๐๐๐๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐! ๐ AI-assisted coding isnโt new anymoreโmost developers use Copilot or ChatGPT every day. But what we havenโt figured out yet is how to keep our engineering skills sharp while we do it. In my new
๐ ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐ก๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ. ๐ AI tools help us move faster, but sometimes that speed means we stop noticing why our code works. The real danger isnโt just writing a weak prompt. Itโs
๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ. ๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐ When teams talk about โAI adoption,โ they usually mean installing Copilot or tracking metrics. Thatโs only the surface layer. Real adoption shows up when
๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ง๐๐ฐ O'Reilly Media ๐๐๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐! ๐ This one wraps up the Sens-AI series โ and itโs about something Iโve been seeing more and more in the real world: how AI is reshaping what it means to be a developer. A decade ago, deep
๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ข๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ง๐๐ฐ O'Reilly Media ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐! ๐ Iโm really excited about this one. Itโs the culmination of months of research, writing, and hands-on testing with real developers. The report introduces the Sens-AI
๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ-๐๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐๐๐. ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐. ๐ Iโm really excited to share that my full O'Reilly Media Radar ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ-๐๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค series is now
๐ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐๐. ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐. ๐ You know what's funny? Sometimes I talk to another developer who complains that they can never go back to code they wrote six months ago