AI Zealotry¶
I develop with AI today. It's great.
There are many articles you can read on why AI is great (or terrible) or how to use it. This is mine. I focus on the experience of a senior engineer (and why we in particular should use AI), on my experience operating within the OSS Python Data world, and on practical suggestions that I've found myself repeating to colleagues.
This article contains learned lessons of two types:
Big Ideas: Grand(iose) philosophy on why AI is great for experienced programmers
Grand(iose) philosophy on why AI is great for experienced programmers Tips: Taken from my workflow using Claude Code
We'll interleave these two. I'm hopeful that this approach will make this more fun.
Why AI¶
AI development is more fun. I do more of what I like (think, experiment, write) and less of what I don't like (wrestle with computers).
I feel both that I can move faster and operate in areas that were previously inaccessible to me (like frontend). Experienced developers should all be doing this. We're good enough to avoid AI Slop, and there's so much we can accomplish today.
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