3 posts tagged with "ai"

AI, the history of programming, and what it means to be a developer in the next era of computing.

I've been thinking a lot about the future of software development. For most of my life, I've been a programmer. Writing code, debugging systems, understanding how things work, and solving problems have always been more than just a job to me. I love programming. I love the Linux terminal. I love discovering why something isn't working and the satisfaction of finally solving a complicated technical problem.

And now, with AI becoming increasingly capable of writing software, I sometimes find myself wondering: am I watching the profession I've dedicated my life to become obsolete?

Today I can build an application, test it on my machine, deploy it and run it in production using only projects that I maintain, and the container I tested is the same one that goes to production. I never planned an "ecosystem". It is the result of a method I have been repeating for more than twenty years, and this article tells where that method came from and how it works today.

I'm writing this article to explain my journey with what people call Vibe Coding. That's a terrible term, by the way. It always makes me think of doing something by "feel," just following the crowd — as if you're not really in control. In my work, I try to be pragmatic, and "coding by vibes" doesn't sound like something that produces lasting results. But before you jump to conclusions, let me explain a few things first.