Essays and threads from experienced developers who've gone deep on AI-assisted coding.
The 70% problem: Hard truths about AI-assisted coding
A field guide and why we need to rethink our expectations
10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents
Opinion: As software power tools, AI agents may make people busier than ever before.
How to harness AI
"Coding agents" are complicated but intelligible
Has This Report EXPOSED THE TRUTH About AI Assisted Software Development?
How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills
A randomized trial with 52 developers found AI assistance lowered comprehension scores, except when used for explanations rather than delegation.
AI Code
As AI Coding Agents write more code, it's more important than ever that we're intentional about the code it writes.
The antidote to AI fatigue — Answer.ai Solveit
Agent Skills
AI coding agents take the shortest path to done, which usually means skipping the specs, tests, and reviews that make software reliable at scale. Agent Skill...
Usage, Effects and Requirements for AI Coding Assistants in the Enterprise: An Empirical Study
The rise of large language models (LLMs) has accelerated the development of automated techniques and tools for supporting various software engineering tasks, e.g., program understanding, code generation, software testing, and program repair. As CodeLLMs are being employed toward automating these tasks, one question that arises, especially in enterprise settings, is whether these coding assistants and the code LLMs that power them are ready for real-world projects and enterprise use cases, and how do they impact the existing software engineering process and user experience. In this paper we survey 57 developers from different domains and with varying software engineering skill about their experience with AI coding assistants and CodeLLMs. We also reviewed 35 user surveys on the usage, experience and expectations of professionals and students using AI coding assistants and CodeLLMs. Based on our study findings and analysis of existing surveys, we discuss the requirements for AI-powered coding assistants.
More Than a Tool
What We Learned from a Year of Conversations About AI
The 80% Problem in Agentic Coding
Managing comprehension debt when leaning on AI to code
Cursor: AI coding agent
Built to make you extraordinarily productive, Cursor is the best AI coding agent.
AI Coding is Gambling
GambleAI I’ve been coding a lot with AI since November, when we all noticed it got really good. And it is quite good for instantly generating something th...
On AI and building your own GIS software
Of the thousands of essays over the past two years surrounding AI and its implications are some very thought provoking ones with enormous implications for GIS. Some of the essays are around the the…
