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Maybe You Can Get Rid of Code Reviews(rogermarley.com)
2 points by rogermarley 3mo ago|0 comments
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Scaling Engineering Without Slowing Delivery(rogermarley.com)
2 points by rogermarley 4mo ago|0 comments
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by rogermarley 4mo ago
I think the claims non-tech companies are going to be vibe-coding their own enterprise software are overblown. The economies of scale and the diversion of focus away from their differentiators mean it won't make sense outside of margin
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by rogermarley 4mo ago
Another aspect of this is it's often intentional. I've spent most of my career working to simplify systems and processes, and the thing that's surprised me the most is how cool the reception usually is. I think this is becaus
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by rogermarley 4mo ago
I think one factor is AI is encouraging people to turn off their brains. It sometimes feels like AI chatbot use is like the doomscrolling of work - it's always easier just to dump something into the chatbot than think about it. The rea
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by rogermarley 5mo ago
Exactly. There's little gap between a spec that's been written to the level of detail needed and just code. There's some, but it's not a big gap after decades of umpteen new frameworks and languages and new forms of abst
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by rogermarley 5mo ago
This ultimately converges on what source code is though. The most common form of what you'd call a "spec" is the acceptance criteria on a work ticket, which is an accretive spec i.e. a description of desired change -- "g
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by rogermarley 5mo ago
But I think even if it were purely leetcode-like, devs would actually be quite happy with this, since at least you'd only have to do it once and then it's re-usable for every application. At the end of the day it doesn't re
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by rogermarley 5mo ago
Its purpose isn't really to test practical skills though, more just to screen for intelligence and conscientiousness (like a tournament who can take the most mental punishment), which are extremely useful in software development.
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by rogermarley 5mo ago
I think resumes will eventually (or have already) become obsolete in tech. The SNR is so low, they offer very thin filtering value. Even taking the tiny bits of the resume that are "hard signal", like GPA, certifications, prior ro
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by rogermarley 5mo ago
It's more whether one allows oneself to be taken advantage of or not. Only a vocal minority take that stance, others would just be disappointed if it went away. I like the approach ngrok took - made a v1 that remained open source, but
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by rogermarley 5mo ago
It's an unfortunate reality of giving things away for free - it reduces respect and attracts the wrong kind of people. Echos a well known pattern in consulting that higher-paying clients cause less headaches than lower-paying ones.