Five essential perspectives that cut through AI hype: from developer evolution stages to junior learning crises, productivity reality checks, platform disruption, and MCP server pitfalls| steipete.me
Curing Your AI 10x Engineer Imposter Syndrome| colton.dev
Reddit discovered the funniest thing in tech this week, and it shows exactly how broken the AI narrative is. The newly released GitHub Copilot agent was given permission to make pull requests on Microsoft’s .NET runtime, and the results couldn’t be funnier. The AI confidently submitted broken code, while human developers patiently explained why it didn’t work. Over and over again, for days.| N’s Blog
Every day I see another heartfelt post about “resisting AI use” or “keeping the craft pure.” Those posts remind me of myself. If you met me two years ago, you’d see me tastefully craft each line and function of the code I write. Fast forward to today, and I’ve let go of control and I let the AI handle a lot of my codebase. Not because I necessarily want to, but because I feel like we programmers don’t have a choice anymore? The uncomfortable truth is that AI is changing our work...| N’s Blog
How to use AI coding assistants without letting your hard-earned engineering skills wither away.| addyo.substack.com
Two days ago, my friend Owen messaged me in a panic. He had built an impressive SaaS app using Bolt, but realized that his OpenAI API key was completely exposed. He was fortunate to have caught it early, but what if this had actually went into production? Owen isn’t alone. Unfortunately, AI coding assistants often generate functional but insecure code unless explicitly prompted about security concerns. After walking Owen through securing his application, I realized these lessons could help ...| N’s Blog
Last Tuesday at 1 AM, I was debugging a critical production issue in my AI dev tool. As I dug through layers of functions, I suddenly realized — unlike the new generation of developers, I was grateful that I could actually understand my codebase. That’s when I started thinking more about Karpathy’s recent statements on vibe coding. For those who missed it, Andrej Karpathy recently shared his thoughts on what he calls “vibe coding” — essentially surrendering code comprehension to A...| N’s Blog
Last week, X exploded when a “vibe coder” announced his SaaS was under attack. His business, built entirely with AI assistance and “zero hand-written code,” was experiencing bypassed subscriptions, maxed-out API keys, and database corruption. His follow-up admission made this notable: “as you know, I’m not technical so this is taking me longer than usual to figure out.” As someone deeply immersed in the AI code generation space, I’ve been watching this unfold with a mix of sym...| N’s Blog