AI Claude Certified Developer – Foundations Prep Course I’ll be taking this Anthropic certification exam in about a week. They provide a five-part module course that covers a range of topics: CredFarmer This site has mock exams for the Claude…
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AI Can We Trust AI to Code Without Human Oversight? I’m Done Coding with AI This video involves a seasoned developer explaining his experiences about using AI to write code, the challenges he’s faced, and his decision to stop using…
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AI Researchers studied AI layoffs. Here’s their warning. The problem is that companies operate in a competitive environment. Your competitors are using AI to cut costs, so your company is forced to do the same (i.e., trapped). Doing so has…
Software Development The complete AI Coding workflow: learn mattpocock/skills in 17 minutes Matt Pocock went over how to install and configure his set of popular skills. He also walked through an end-to-end example. The sequence is grill-with-docs, to-spec, to-tickets, implement,…
Agile Time Pressure Improves Productivity & Quality…Up to a Point (via Mountain Goat Software) There’s a U-shaped curve for productivity vs. pressure. Not enough pressure, and delivery is late. Too much pressure, and you’ll build something unsustainable (or burn people…