Annie Vella

@codefrenzy

AI geek-concentrate (aka software engineer, tech leader, researcher & advisor). Ex-Distinguished Engineer at Westpac New Zealand. Opinions are my own.

Auckland, New Zealand

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Annie Vella
@codefrenzy
Sep 12
I think this is the underlying thread that is eating away at many software engineers’ sense of joy in work.
Gregory Conti
@GregoryConti19
Sep 11
What we see happening in mathematics is the destruction of the value of *human talent and effort.* As AI advances, this diminishment of the worth of being good at anything, of cultivating any skills, will obtain in ever more realms. What could be bleaker? Why try? Why strive?
Annie Vella
@codefrenzy
Sep 12
An ode to flow state
Danny Postma
@dannypostma
Sep 12
The end of flow state You wake up, excited for the day to start. You have a feature idea you are looking forward to implement. You make your coffee. Sit in front of the laptop. Put on that techno set you love. The house is empty for the next 8 hours. No one can interrupt you.
Annie Vella
@codefrenzy
Jul 22
For years, research has told us that productivity and developer experience are correlated - improve dev ex and productivity increases. In this post, I share research findings that show they may be decoupling when AI is in the mix -
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The Productivity-Experience Paradox - Annie Vella
This is the second post in a series I’m writing about the most interesting findings from my Masters research on the impact of AI on software engineering, as well as some of the thoughts …
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Annie Vella
@codefrenzy
Jul 14
There’s so much gold in this post. I feel I need to write up a reaction post to do it justice 🤔
Martin Fowler
@martinfowler
Jul 13
Fragments: FOSD discussions on harness engineering, self-hosting models, grand narrative, and bringing rocks. Saving money with fable, bleak future for developer education, does electron have a future, interactional and contributory expertise. martinfowler.com/fragments/2026…
Annie Vella
@codefrenzy
Jun 4
Cool to see findings from my masters research - supervisory engineering work - being explored further by Thoughtworks. Paper from the original study here - arxiv.org/abs/2605.23135
Thoughtworks
@thoughtworks
Jun 4
AI can generate code in seconds. The challenge is knowing whether it solved the right problem. Richard Gall explores “supervisory engineering” the emerging discipline of directing, evaluating and governing AI-generated code. 👉 thoughtworks.com/insights/blog/…