We get the best results from "AI" coding assistants when we: * Take small steps * Test, review and refactor continuously * Use version control to keep our code shippable * Integrate continuously * Cleanly separate concerns If only there was somewhere we could learn these skills!

AI is changing software development. These 3 talks show you how to stay in control: @kevlin.bsky.social : What it means to be the human in the loop (hint: not just LGTM-ing generated code)

Lean Code: Improving the Value of Code and the Flow of Development Coming up next week (Thursday 27th November), 2-hour session (11:00–13:00 GMT) by me hosted by Tech Cornwall techcornwall.co.uk/training/lea...

Two blog posts under the heading Think for Yourself: kevlinhenney.medium.com/think-for-yo... kevlinhenney.medium.com/think-for-yo...

Lean Code: Improving the Value of Code and the Flow of Development Coming up next week (Thursday 27th November), 2-hour session (11:00–13:00 GMT) by me hosted by Tech Cornwall techcornwall.co.uk/training/lea...

Two blog posts under the heading Think for Yourself: kevlinhenney.medium.com/think-for-yo... kevlinhenney.medium.com/think-for-yo...

Long version (90') of my talk on The Past, Present and Future of Programming Languages at the @accuconf.bsky.social this year www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-3Q...

Long version (90') of my talk on The Past, Present and Future of Programming Languages at the @accuconf.bsky.social this year www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-3Q...

Oh no, what will @kevlin.bsky.social do now? www.theregister.com/2025/11/18/w...

Wanna see a fun guitar hack? I put a Schaller 3D bridge in my charity shop PRS and built a custom circuit to pan the individual strings left/right so you get big wide 3D chords.

I used a price scanner to check a product, and it costs a @kevlin.bsky.social 😀

last night at a bar I learned that they improved pinball by making machines that are entirely computers and they’re much better than what we had before

Technical excellence & coaching Real-world lessons from the trenches Speakers include: @settling-mud.bsky.social , Gregor Hohpe, @kevlin.bsky.social , Birgitta Boeckeler, @esilva.net, @eoinwoods.bsky.social , @tastapod.com , and 20+ more.

@kevlin.bsky.social Parking payment in Stockholm. To be fair, it's a new system that is not yet operational.

On the blog: Think for Yourself (Flashback Edition) "If we focus on tools without training our sensibility, we should be unsurprised when our tool use is insensible." kevlinhenney.medium.com/think-for-yo...

On the blog: Think for Yourself (Flashback Edition) "If we focus on tools without training our sensibility, we should be unsurprised when our tool use is insensible." kevlinhenney.medium.com/think-for-yo...

What a great 3-day software architecture workshop organized by @sddconf.bsky.social, instructed by @kevlin.bsky.social #softwarearchitecture #design #domain #change #stepback #agility #requirements #interface #modularity #rateofchange #adr

Once full of optimism, the future now feels uncertain. @kevlin.bsky.social & @boicy.bovon.org explore how our view of the future has changed and what history teaches us about innovation ahead.

On the blog: Think for Yourself (Flashback Edition) "The quality of what you are building is not independent of you, of what you know or of how you go about your work. That will inform how you employ any tool or technique." kevlinhenney.medium.com/think-for-yo...

On the blog: Think for Yourself (Flashback Edition) "The quality of what you are building is not independent of you, of what you know or of how you go about your work. That will inform how you employ any tool or technique." kevlinhenney.medium.com/think-for-yo...

Think for Yourself (Flashback Edition) TL;DR: the advice is the same as it ever was A follow-up from last week's blog on a GenAI code checklist kevlinhenney.medium.com/think-for-yo...

Think for Yourself (Flashback Edition) TL;DR: the advice is the same as it ever was A follow-up from last week's blog on a GenAI code checklist kevlinhenney.medium.com/think-for-yo...

KLM generates invoices that have "undefined" as part of their address 🙃

You've got to hand it to the software industry for coming up with new and ingenious ways to not solve problems people actually want solved.

On the blog: Think for Yourself "We should be careful both to avoid 'optimising' and accelerating the creation of legacy code and to mistake such pessimisation as productivity — especially if we're doing so at the expense of joy, time and skill." kevlinhenney.medium.com/think-for-yo...

Singapore’s trains are running Linux! Also cc @kevlin.bsky.social

On the blog: Think for Yourself "We should be careful both to avoid 'optimising' and accelerating the creation of legacy code and to mistake such pessimisation as productivity — especially if we're doing so at the expense of joy, time and skill." kevlinhenney.medium.com/think-for-yo...

I've been Kevlin'ed while waiting for lunch! @kevlin.bsky.social

Today's the day! NewCrafts 2025 is here. The doors open soon, coffee's brewing, and an incredible community is gathering. Let's make it unforgettable. Welcome to Paris. Welcome to NewCrafts! ☕️✨

Love this bit: “We should be careful both to avoid ‘optimising’ and accelerating the creation of legacy code and to mistake such pessimisation as productivity — especially if we’re doing so at the expense of joy, time and skill.” To repeat: “at the expense of joy, time and skill”. Hits home that!

On the blog: Think for Yourself "By skimming past the friction necessary for learning, the pursuit of convenience can end up deskilling rather than enhancing skills." kevlinhenney.medium.com/think-for-yo...

This is something I worry about for myself, as alluring as the convenience is. I've used it a couple of times to get over the "activation energy" but have rewritten for clarity/style/functionality/belligerence reasons

“Don’t accept code that is worse than what you would have written.” AMEN

On the blog: Think for Yourself "By skimming past the friction necessary for learning, the pursuit of convenience can end up deskilling rather than enhancing skills." kevlinhenney.medium.com/think-for-yo...

New on the blog: Think for Yourself "You're about to commit a chunk of LLM-generated code into your product's codebase. Before you do, however, pause to consider and act on these questions." kevlinhenney.medium.com/think-for-yo...

New on the blog: Think for Yourself "You're about to commit a chunk of LLM-generated code into your product's codebase. Before you do, however, pause to consider and act on these questions." kevlinhenney.medium.com/think-for-yo...

Being forwarded in -9 seconds. @kevlin.bsky.social

I nominate Vrbo for a @kevlin.bsky.social. (And for clarity, this is after several attempts to engage with the chatbot to ask about an issue with my booking, which it tells me I don't even have.)

(pps: a bit unrelated, but this post always has me hooked on good software engineering practices, I always circle back to it for myself, but also people that onboard. As with AI now, the naming is terrible often in generated code: medium.com/@kevlinhenne..., from @kevlin.bsky.social)

It's Halloween. So here's a story about the horror of replacing your developers with AI: accu.org/journals/ove...

I think this has a good chance of claiming its space next to the Story of Mel in the next couple years. Not because the two are similar in any way, but because of the place it might have in dev culture/folklore by then.

20 years of software, still evolving. @tastapod.com and @kevlin.bsky.social look back on Agile’s early days and ahead to the future — from Erlang and Rust to hardware-aware languages and wearable computing. 🎧 Listen: gotopia.tech/podcast

I hate spreading horror or fear, but, this generative ai craze needs more attention - instead of hype surrounding it. So check out what @kevlin.bsky.social shared below!

Oo, a @kevlin.bsky.social in a jukebox exhibit at the Railway Museum in Utrecht

It's Halloween. So here's a story about the horror of replacing your developers with AI: accu.org/journals/ove...

TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... 🧵

@kevlin.bsky.social at Arlanda Stockholm.

America may run on Dunkin, but Dunkin' runs on Linux, soooo....

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