AI Development

A Not so small Chat ..

When traversing the world of modern technology, one cannot ignore the elephant in the chat room: ChatGPT. This artificial intelligence marvel has cemented its place as the go-to oracle for our digital inquiries. But to grasp its significance fully, we must also consider the interplay with other hot-button topics, notably the quaintly-named “Net Neutrality.” This legal right ensures that the Internet remains a level playing field for all hazardous cats and mustachioed mice ,  at least in theory. The dream is an unfettered internet, free from the sinister clutch of favoritism by internet service providers, delivering every soul the same...

Development Productivity

The Carpenter Complex

Let me tell you about my friend, the brilliant software developer who spent an entire weekend building a custom blog engine. It had markdown support, dark mode, even a custom emoji parser. The blog? Still empty. Two years later.He’s what I call a "carpenter developer". You might be one too.What’s a carpenter developer, you ask? It’s a special breed of engineer who insists on building everything from scratch. Not just the app, but the tools for the app, the deployment scripts, the CSS framework, the database abstraction layer, the authentication system, the admin dashboard, and of course, a bespoke comment...

Development

Stack Together or Fall Apart

Let’s talk about that one word that makes developers twitch a little: Uniformity.Ah yes, the dreaded U-word. The word that sounds less like the spirit of innovation and more like a cubicle farm. It’s often branded as restrictive, bureaucratic, even authoritarian. After all, aren’t we free-spirited problem solvers? Why should I, a fully grown React TypeScript artisan, be forced to use some boring Vue boilerplate? Why must I follow the team's PSR-12 standards when I’ve always written my code differently?Here’s the kicker: because you’re not coding alone.When it comes to real-life, collaboration-based development, uniformity is not just useful; it’s critical....

AI Development

A "Global" Reality Check

Every time you hear someone talk about the “job market,” odds are it comes with a side dish of doom, served hot from Silicon Valley. It’s either: “The robots are taking over!” or “Everyone’s getting laid off at Google!” or my personal favorite, “The only way to land a job now is to hack the ATS with an AI-generated resume optimized for a keyword salad.” The problem? That’s not the job market. That’s just… America. More specifically, it’s just a niche sliver of it.Let’s talk real: "Globally", the so-called job market is not one big, unified, futuristic, all-seeing, algorithmic beast....

AI Development

Double-Edged Code

AI coding tools are heralded as the ultimate sidekicks, speeding up workflows, catching bugs before they manifest. For a lone coder navigating the digital wilderness, these tools are like a trusty compass, and a major productivity booster.But what happens when the same AI superpowers venture into the chaotic cosmos of a development team? Suddenly, the shiny badge of "productivity booster" becomes a little tarnished. Because while AI tools can mimic the code styles, suggest solutions, and even anticipate developer needs, they are inherently designed for solo developers charting their own code cosmos. When multiple team members employ these tools, things...

AI Development

Keep it "Boring"

There’s a quiet but growing unease among developers who use AI tools to help them write code. It’s not about whether AI is useful, it absolutely is. It’s about something deeper, something that most discussions skip over: consistency.In software development, consistency is sacred. It’s what separates a reliable system from a chaotic one. It’s the reason why design patterns exist, why teams follow style guides, and why entire frameworks evolve around conventions. Predictability is the lifeblood of maintainability. When you look at a codebase six months after writing it, you expect to see logic that flows in a familiar, uniform...