190 / The Post-Developer Era

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Toot of the Week

Array indices start at 0 in C, but start at 32 in F. — jfbastien@mastodon.social

Work

• Advice for time management as a manager (benkuhn.net)

  Ben Kuhn gives advice for time management as a manager, including prioritization and delegation.

AI

• The Post-Developer Era (joshwcomeau.com)

  Josh W. Comeau takes another look at how LLMs are impacting the software developer job market today.

• Everything Wrong with MCP (blog.sshh.io)

  Shrivu Shankar shares common problems when working with MCPs.

• Your CEO Just Said ‘Use AI or Else.’ Here’s What to Do Next. (every.to)

  Alex Duffy gives practical advice on what to do if your boss tells you to integrate AI into your daily work.

Cutting Room Floor

• "Knowingness" and the Politics of Ignorance (forkingpaths.co)

  Brian Klaas about culture wars and the danger of people who don’t want to learn.

• K2-18b and detection of biosignature dimethyl sulfide (skyatnightmagazine.com)

  Iain Todd reports on a team led by the University of Cambridge detected a possible biosignature—the potential fingerprint of life.

• Honest and Elitist Thoughts on Why Computers Were More Fun Before (datagubbe.se)

  Carl Svensson argues that one of the reasons coputers were more fun in the past was that they weren’t for everyone.