Ana Hevesi / is on Nostr

Principal, Uploop. Rogue researcher. Community systems designer. I turn developer tools into movements. 
Ex Stack Overflow, Shapeways, Nodejitsu.
 Invested in the deliberate practice of a brighter future. she/they

Web: https://www.uploop.dev
Twitter: https://twitter.com/anthrocypher

Last Notes

2024-08-30 16:27:42

Deeply offended that crafting any body of work means engaging meaningfully with your existing shitty, in-progress versions! 🎉

2024-08-18 14:53:45

I recently spoke with someone who was doing very high profile work on the future of OSS, coming from a non-profit background.
When I spoke to the scamminess of so much of the tech industry, they looked at me incredulous and said:
“But that’s illegal!”
I stared steadily. “Yes it is.”
I watched my certainty dissolve theirs.
Still, it simply ~could not compute~ that one was no deterrence to the other. https://hci.social/@cfiesler/112983350920620455

2024-04-01 14:35:12

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So, why are so many executives and investors overlooking this very basic reality that code produced is code which must be maintained, and that an acceleration of code produced thanks to gen AI means ~more risk~, not just more $$$?
I have friends who are Principal Engineers asking themselves this very question right now.
And in response, I point us to the classic Upton Sinclair quote:
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”

2024-03-31 18:36:59

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My assertion that grappling with the increasing importance of code review is literally a business imperative came to me while reading [@grimalkina](https://mastodon.social/@grimalkina) [@KFosterMarks](https://mastodon.social/@KFosterMarks) and [@CSLee](https://mastodon.social/@CSLee)’s excellent work on AI skill threat:
https://www.pluralsight.com/resource-center/guides/new-developer-research-paper

2024-03-31 18:22:50

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Btw, the insight that reviewing code will become more important than producing code was introduced to me via this paper:
“Taking Flight with Copilot: Early insights and opportunities of AI-powered pair-programming tools”
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3582083

2024-03-31 18:07:06

In an age where gen AI makes it much cheaper to produce code, the ability to read, comprehend, and review code becomes that much more crucial.
Until and unless businesses and executives recognize this, they won’t actually be able to realize the economic upside of AI because they’ll be too busy creating so many fires which need putting out.
https://cute.is/@keith/112191562540684140