If you think Agentic AI coding is the road to zero- or minimal-effort code in vast quantities? You are, as previously discussed in various blogs here, in for a world of hurt. Law 0 most definitely applies. What you get may do what you want, but you will have no clue what exactly it does, or how it does it, or what to do if the AI apocalypse hits and you can't afford the tokens to fix it. You don't get brilliant, secure, pretty, apps for free. Or even just for the cost of the tokens.
I asked them if they knew the devices that were used to access the data? When they accessed the data? What security was on each device? I also asked if they used simple security such as two factor auth everywhere? Crucially I asked if they logged who had access? When they had access? What they had access to?
Time and again we have seen how this holds people back from pursuing their core work. You are too busy trying to stop being bitten by swamp sharks that you didn’t notice how far you sunk into the creek and how close the water has come to drowning you.
If you are using almost any modern office tools you are likely using some form of […]
AI-assisted development has pretty much become the standard manner of software creation, especially greenfield projects or prototyping advancements and replacements. That is affecting how, and what, we consider the importance, or focus, is for software engineers. The balance between speed and what you create, or control, has fundamentally altered.
Because it isn't just about the competency, or the ability to do something with a degree of accuracy and efficiency; nor is it just speed, reproducibility or cost. it is about the experience and the emotional response, and by that I mean that having a lot of one will trigger the other.
“Gobby turned a room of community voices into ranked, funder-ready evidence before we left the building.”
— Dr Jaclyn Harron, Lumen Edge Data Consulting
“I sit and waitDoes an angel contemplate my fateAnd do they knowThe places where we go” […]
The role of a manager is to foster an environment in which all those good things should thrive. You don’t do that from the top, or being out in front on display as a figurehead.
