Software
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The Panels app by MKBHD is shutting down. Interestingly, in their shutdown announcement/letter, they talk about open-sourcing the app’s source code: Once the app shutdown is complete and all user data has been securely deleted, we will open source the Panels app code under the Apache 2.0 license. This will allow anyone to build on…
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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but speed does not always amount to quality. Certainly not in tech. Moving fast, breaking things, and then iterating to fix them is a utopian idea that does not pan out in reality.
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Threads Dev Interview #20: A fun conversation about Software, AI and No-code
I recently took part in an edition of the Threads Dev Interviews. Ryan Swanstrom conducts these awesome interviews, nearly every day on Threads, where he connects with developers on Threads, and interviews them — on Threads! It is a remarkable format, and I have seen nothing like it. These interviews have become part of my…
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Threads Dev Interview #20: Are you aware of research work or new products being created for software testing with AI?
Are you aware of research work or new products being created for software testing with AI? [Threads] [Web Archive] Interestingly, Software Test Suite Generation is something that Software Engineering Research communities have been tackling for a while now! You have tools like Evosuite (evosuite.org) and Pex (microsoft.com/en-us…) that use tech like Genetic/Evolutionary algorithms or Symbolic…
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Threads Dev Interview #20: What is one area of tech currently interesting you? And Why?
What is one area of tech currently interesting you? And Why? Software Testing. (I know! Boring!) But it has me fired up a lot lately. I’m deeply interested in how GenAI can help with writing software tests. It has me fired up, because when writing tests, you are doing something interesting: you get to define…
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Threads Dev Interview #20: Are we going to start seeing “no-code developers” emerge?
This was a follow up question to my response on, What is a draw-back of no code solutions? Are we going to start seeing “no-code developers” emerge? [Threads] [Web Archive] That is a distinct possibility that we cannot rule out. Already, we are talking about Prompt Engineering as a speciality. So, no-code developers may indeed…
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Threads Dev Interview #20: What is a draw-back of no code solutions?
What is a draw-back of no code solutions? [Threads] [Wayback Archive] We shouldn’t confuse no-code tools with programming. I think that is where the perceived drawbacks will emerge from. I think No-code will be great for localized, cookie cutter automation or system building. But there will be limits to the amount of customization you can…
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Threads Dev Interview #20: What excites you about the future of software?
What excites you about the future of software? And what are some areas of our life’s which will be positively impacted by future software? [Threads] [Wayback Archive] No-code excites me about the future of software. I was not sold on this for a long time, and then this past winter, I had a bit of…
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Threads Dev Interview #20: What are the concerns of software written by AI?
We are entering an era in which AI can write code, what are the concerns of software written by AI? [Threads] [Wayback Archive] Great question! And I wanted to couch my answer in some basic outlook I have about coding: Coding is simultaneously an act of expressing and comprehending human needs. That is, we write…
Winter Rant 