Talked with a few folks inside of AI labs (OpenAI, Anthropic) about what they think of the future of software engineering.
The “closer” to shipping production code engineers are, the less they believe software engineering will be “solved” fully by AI. The opposite true as well
A short story about deferring tech choices to thought leaders:
Early days at Disqus (~2010-2012), we made several frontend choices based largely on what thought leaders were promoting at the time.
One example: there was a big movement toward "micro-frameworks." Instead of larger, well-tested libraries like jQuery, you'd stitch together tiny interoperable micro libraries (Ender.js was one). Disqus was an embeddable JavaScript app, so file size mattered. It fit our use case, so we went with it.
Then it went live, and we were serving millions of users. The reality of those choices became clear. Micro libraries meant that instead of one good semi-bloated library, you ran 6-7 smaller, less-tested, crappier ones. We burned a ton of cycles fixing bugs and covering corner cases when we could've been shipping product.
We made a few choices like this.
At conferences, I'd track down those same thought leaders and ask for advice. "I'm hitting problem X, Y, Z. How did you solve this?"
That's when I learned my lesson: they rarely had answers, because they'd never reached our scale. Their energy went into promoting new stuff, not running it.
You should know this has never stopped. It's happening right now with AI. It'll happen again with whatever comes next.
Do your own homework. Test a lot. Don't just go with what somebody tells you.
At OpenAI, we're continuing to bet on Rust as the future of systems programming.
I'm proud to announce that we're making a $600,000 commitment to the Rust Foundation, which combines our Platinum membership with additional support for maintainer efforts across the Rust ecosystem.
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"I'm probably going to get a lot of flak for bringing this to light, however I refuse to stay silent... Shame on anyone trying to ruin this beautiful event."
FINALLY!!!!!!!!!
In macOS Golden Gate 27 you can now record your screen WITH system audio. 🤯🤯🤯
We’ve been asking for this simple feature for years! 🙏
#WWDC26
Credit: u/Annual-Ninja1370
i am having more fun than ever collaborating with people
get an agent in the mix, we all bounce ideas off each other. prompt it, get more ideas. narrow in on something
stop dooming about ai and your job and start gangprompting