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I wrote a chess engine and still can't play chess: AI coding and skill decay (Ep. 317)

I wrote a chess engine that beats real players. I still can't play chess. Developers who hand their coding to AI are heading the same way: they can build the machine but can't play the game. We go through the evidence (Anthropic, METR, Microsoft/CMU), the best counterarguments, a ... Show more

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"Rust Is Amazing, as Long as Nobody Looks at It" - Fact-Checking DHH (Ep. 316)

DHH told Rails World that hand-written code is over, that HEY's backend is being AI-rewritten in Rust ("amazing, as long as you never look at it"), and that developer happiness no longer matters. This episode checks his statements. Struggling with AI and Software? Here is my new ... Show more

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