Road rage and software engineering vlogs by @DevLeaderCA from the comfort of my AMG GT.
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Google Boss Said WHAT About AI and Software Engineering?!
Lex Fridman had Sundar Pichai on his podcast and discussed AI and software engineering. Is it all doom and gloom coming from the Big Bossman of Google? Or is there hope for software engineers?
Let's see!
Watch it here:
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Blowing your budget and getting rate limited both mean you're using more.
I'm fine paying when it genuinely helps me do more. But pick a lane: take my money, or rate limit me and make it cheaper. Either way, watch your tool usage.
Watch here:
youtu.be/NUOAOiT3mAA
Leading With Why Over How as a Software Engineer
There's a common pitfall that I see for many software engineers and engineering managers: They lean too hard into the HOW of things and often leave out the WHY.
Seems simple enough, right? Let's discuss the impact.
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Could I write the code myself? Yes. Did I have the capacity? No.
Some evenings I just couldn't crank out code on my own. Leaning on AI was how I kept making progress while work had me completely swamped.
Watch here:
youtu.be/NUOAOiT3mAA
Could I write the code myself? Yes. Did I have the capacity? No.
Some evenings I just couldn't crank out code on my own. Leaning on AI was how I kept making progress while work had me completely swamped.
Watch here:
youtu.be/NUOAOiT3mAA
Finished Hell Week - Back To The GRIND! (And CrossFit Killed Me)
Catch up on Code Commute!
We're back! CrossFit kicked my BUTT today, but I'm all done my on-call shift. Here are some updates to catch you up and we'll get into more software engineering topics later in the day!
Watch here:
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I wasn't even coding during the day and still kept hitting rate limits.
I maxed my Copilot budget, got limited, switched to Claude, got limited there too. Eventually the only move left was to raise the budget I knew I'd blow.
Watch here:
youtu.be/NUOAOiT3mAA
I wasn't even coding during the day and still kept hitting rate limits.
I maxed my Copilot budget, got limited, switched to Claude, got limited there too. Eventually the only move left was to raise the budget I knew I'd blow.
Watch here:
youtu.be/NUOAOiT3mAA
Strategies For Getting Unblocked as a Software Engineer
A Redditor from Experienced Devs wanted to know how others go about getting unblocked at work so they can be an effective developer.
Let's chat through some different strategies!
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More instructions in your agent file isn't always better.
Jam every rule for tests and SQL into context and the agent drags all of it into work that has nothing to do with either. That noise can quietly make the output worse.
Watch here:
youtu.be/NUOAOiT3mAA
More instructions in your agent file isn't always better.
Jam every rule for tests and SQL into context and the agent drags all of it into work that has nothing to do with either. That noise can quietly make the output worse.
Watch here:
youtu.be/NUOAOiT3mAA
How NOT To Network, Get Referrals, And Have Your Resume Reviewed
Catch up on Code Commute!
The number of messages I get from strangers asking me to review their resume or give them a referral to where I work is pretty remarkable.
Personally, I refuse to refer unless I've worked with someone. Here's what I recommend you do instead.
Watch here:
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Copilot CLI was the first thing to pull me out of Visual Studio.
After a lifetime as a .NET developer living in the IDE, the CLI workflow stuck. What caught me off guard was how fast I hit rate limits.
Watch here:
youtu.be/NUOAOiT3mAA
Copilot CLI was the first thing to pull me out of Visual Studio.
After a lifetime as a .NET developer living in the IDE, the CLI workflow stuck. What caught me off guard was how fast I hit rate limits.
Watch here:
youtu.be/NUOAOiT3mAA
They BAILED On Fancy Wednesday (And How To Make On-Call Better)
In this video, I share some of my thoughts on developer tooling for making on-call experiences better for software engineers managing live services.
Watch it here:
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Giving an AI agent read access is risky. Write access is scarier.
Reading the wrong data is bad. An agent with approval to mutate things can quietly go drop your production database before you realize what it's about to do.
Watch here:
youtu.be/NUOAOiT3mAA
Giving an AI agent read access is risky. Write access is scarier.
Reading the wrong data is bad. An agent with approval to mutate things can quietly go drop your production database before you realize what it's about to do.
Watch here:
youtu.be/NUOAOiT3mAA
Impact from Helping Others - How and Why for Software Engineers
A Redditor was asking about how to show impact when it comes to helping others. Is there a right way and a wrong way?
Here are my tips for how to do this effectively across all levels.
Watch it here:
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Feeling behind on a technology? Go build something with it.
It doesn't have to ship or even fully work. Deploy something on Kubernetes, try Blazor, spin up a site with Astro. Exposure is the point, not a finished product.
Watch here:
youtu.be/leZnc8IxhyE
Feeling behind on a technology? Go build something with it.
It doesn't have to ship or even fully work. Deploy something on Kubernetes, try Blazor, spin up a site with Astro. Exposure is the point, not a finished product.
Watch here:
youtu.be/leZnc8IxhyE
Fancy Wednesdays And Single-Purpose AI Tools
From the ExperiencedDevs subreddit, this Redditor wrote about frustration with being overwhelmed by many AI tools that all seem to have a very narrow scope. Are we drowning in small single-purpose AI tools for developers?
Watch it here:
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