The Tragedy of AI Coding

AI-assisted software development could have liberated programmers. Instead, it has become the latest way for Big Tech to ...

Is programming knowledge necessary in an era where AI writes code?

If AI can write programs for us, is programming knowledge unnecessary?We have entered an era where you can quickly create ...

[Claude Code for Non-Engineers Part 3] 5 Uses for People Who Don't Write Code—The Common Thread is 'Work That Involves Opening the Same Folder Over …

In this series, I am writing about how I, someone who cannot program, actually use Claude Code and Codex.Part 1 covered 'what ...
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4 joke programming languages that actually work

Programming languages like BASIC, C, Java, Pascal, and so many more exist because it's hard for humans to code in assembly ...
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The Antithesis Approach to Breaking AI-Generated Code

Over the last two years, AI leaders have been predicting the downfall of the traditional software industry—or SaaSpocalypse—as AI writes most, if not all, of the code for engineering teams today.

A 17-year-old Pennsylvania student used code in a preprint to catalog 146 isolated noble polyhedra, then won a $250,000 prize for the result

Connor Hill won $250,000 for using computer algorithms to catalogue noble polyhedra, identifying 146 isolated shapes and two ...

Before Computer Science Became a Boys’ Club, Margaret Hamilton Wrote the Code

The woman who helped put astronauts on the moon was a software engineer when the field was not prestigious or lucrative.

Margaret Hamilton, pioneering computer scientist for Apollo program, dies at 90

Margaret Hamilton, a pioneering computer scientist who helped save the Apollo 11 moon mission, has died. She was 90 years old ...

'Software Engineering' Pioneer Margaret Hamilton, Who Wrote Apollo 11 Code, Dies Aged 90

Margaret Hamilton, the 'software engineering' pioneer behind Apollo 11's flight software, has died aged 90, leaving a lasting ...
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Java has been on your computer your whole life and here's what it actually does

That old Java icon had a much bigger résumé than I gave it credit for.
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Writing bad code made me twice as productive—but it came with a catch

"If it works, don't touch it" is a well-known meme in the programming community. I'm glad that it's just that. A meme. Bad code didn't make me a worse developer. It made me faster, because I learned ...