Gergely Orosz
@GergelyOrosz
Writing @Pragmatic_Eng, the #1# software engineering newsletter on Substack. Author of @EngGuidebook. Formerly Uber & Skype.
Joined April 2009
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Grady has lived through seveal technology changes (microprocessors, the internet, mobile, now AI) and says that when it all changes, some things are the same in software engineering.
He's also saying we're entering anoher "golden age of software engineering" thanks to AI!
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In my career, compilers have always generated better code that I ever could have. I find this to be increasingly so with contemporary AIs.
But you know what neither can do better than me?
Knowing what software to write, what shape it should take, and what I want it to do.
The entire history of software engineering has been one of rising levels of abstraction.
This is how it was, how it is now, and how it shall be in the fullness of time.
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