2026-04-17
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software development
Who is Irresponsible?
It can be irresponsible to use AI, but is it in many cases? Steve has a few thoughts.
2026-04-15
56 reads
Barely Reviewed Code
Code reviews can be challenging in many places, and with AI, could be even more of an issue in the future.
2026-04-08
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2026-03-30
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2026-02-25
92 reads
Can You Let Go of Determinism
As Steve uses AI more, it seems determinism isn't something you get out of many LLMs.
2026-02-23
115 reads
Deep Learning and Craftsmanship Matter
GenAI technology is going to change coding, but there is still a lot of work available for humans.
2026-01-26
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2026-01-21
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Eight Minutes
When I was at the Small Data 2025 conference, one of the speakers was talking about their work with AI technologies. This person uses it a lot in their day job, often to complete tasks that they would have struggled to work on in the past, mostly because of time constraints, but also a lack […]
2026-01-16
168 reads
Refactoring SQL Code
Refactoring code is a common task in many software development teams. Steve asks if this is something common for database developers as well.
2025-12-12
282 reads
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences V
When thinking about the identity property and sequence objects, which of these can generate values before an insert statement is executed?
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