Tag: opinion
All the articles with the tag "opinion".
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Stop Calling LLMs "Junior Developers." They're Monkey Paws.
Calling an LLM a junior developer smuggles in assumptions about intent and shared context. I find the monkey's paw a more useful metaphor because it keeps ambiguity, verification, and the cost of delegation visible.
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The Meme, the Agent, and the Leverage Gap
Why the real value of AI tools isn't single-step task solving but tackling entire classes of problems at scale, from managing information overload to continuous monitoring, and how to find the leverage worth closing.
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Are LLMs killing Open Source
AI-generated pull requests are making maintainers more cautious just as familiar hiring signals become easier to fake. I suspect sustained open-source work and deep domain knowledge will matter more, not less.
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What's the hype about durable computing?
Durable computing has emerged as a topic in systems design. It may just be my bubble, but it feels as if, suddenly, AI stopped being the next big thing and durable computing is going to solve all o...
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The Cloud Exit Mirage: A Practical Guide to AWS Alternatives
There's a trend that has been going on for a while now. Companies announce they are leaving "The Cloud" (meaning, usually, AWS), for huge savings. This seems counter to all they have ever told us a...