That anxiety you feel scrolling AI threads at 11 PM? It’s not going away. Even engineers building AI daily don’t feel AI literate. Here’s why — and what to do about it.
No Developer Feels AI Literate Right Now — Not Even the Ones Building ItEvery clean code practice we follow was invented to solve a human problem. But what happens when humans are no longer the primary audience of source code? A senior developer’s honest reckoning with AI-driven development and what it means for the craft.
Clean Code Is Dead (And I Hate That I Agree)Software estimation is broken in the AI era. Developers swing between wildly optimistic and pessimistic estimates as AI tools shatter old calibration models. Learn why everyone’s estimates are slipping, what’s really happening behind the scenes, and practical strategies to rebuild estimation skills for AI-augmented development.
Nobody Knows How to Estimate Software Anymore (And It’s Not Your Fault)How I’m staying relevant as a developer in the AI era. Practical habits: writing code by hand, being visible, leading AI agents, keeping a dev journal, automating planning, and taking breaks to skate.
What I’m Doing to Not Become Irrelevant