Paul Sobocinski

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@ThatEricAlper Nice example of confirmation bias

@pli_cachete The first rocket version still had to be built well enough to work (i.e. get payloads to orbit). What you point out is iterative refinement based on optimizing feedback loops, which is a universal concept in modern engineering (but especially critical in software).

What are counter examples to this? Cases where it’s actually quite important to do it well the first time.

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#LeadDevNewYork is a wrap! To all the organizers, speakers, and attendees — thank you for an unforgettable experience! 🙌

An under-estimated skill! #LeadDev2024

Jason Wodicka’s tools for giving help #LeadDevNewYork

“Iceberg requests” … im totally stealing this @yaphi1 ! #LeadDevNewYork

Product roadmaps really being, “Something with X” for decades. Ain’t that the truth. #LeadDev

Hypotheses, not features! #LeadDev

#LeadDev inclusive / welcoming vibes ❤️

@allenholub If they band together with like-minded co-workers, they might have leverage on how their education budget is spent. On the other hand I don’t see how they’d ever get leverage on an organizational change budget, which is probably what you are gunning for.

So, I often get called by the people doing the work (not upper management) who say that they want me to come in and help the organization, but they don't really have any leverage. Given that they aren't signing the checks, I'm usually at a loss as to what to do. Do you have any suggestions that I can pass on to them to get the ball rolling?

I never ask for permission to refactor. But I often ask for help. Don’t confuse asking for help with asking for permission.

Silos happen when the person... - Good at the thing - Responsible for the thing - Doing the thing ... is the same person. Collaboration means that these can be different people. It requires that people can be trusted to do things right and ask for help when they need it.

Therefore, the core of what we do as software developers will not change. We won't be replaced. How we do software development, however, will change radically. And LLM-powered AI tools will be pivotal in this change. More on this to come! 9/9

Consequently, we’ll still need humans who can exist outside the system while simultaneously being deeply involved inside the system. Only in this way can software developers effectively reflect on and adjust both the problem being solved and how it’s being solved. 8/9

A programming language optimized for LLMs to write and maintain would be very terse, to maximize the lines of code that can fit inside of an LLM's context window. It could look like minified JS or something else entirely. Source code would become indecipherable to humans. 6/9