Is it Excitement, or Dread?

The times are changing, and fast. Just a month ago I wrote about my skepticism, maybe even pessimism, about AI coding tools. My conclusion was that AI was a force multiplier for both good and bad, and with worries about an incoming "slopacalypse". I would characterize my feelings…

Skeptic to Believer, and Back

My conclusion has been that AI tools are force multipliers. But just think about the skill of the average person. Think about the quality of average, publicly-available code. The average force is close to zero or even negative.…