tonkkatonka's comments

On: Things ancient Romans taught me about software development

[tonkkatonka]

History is the teacher of life. There are those who have been shipping software for decades, and there is much we can learn from them.

On: What Will Software Engineering Look Like in 2027?

[tonkkatonka]

Instead of adding yet another hot take on whether vibe coding is real or if AI is about to replace software engineers, I wanted to take a shot at predicting what software engineering might look like in 2027.

[JohnFen → tonkkatonka]

I don't understand. The article is about doing code reviews, not what the future of software development will look like in two years. Was the right article linked?

On: Solving the Nasty Code Migration Problem with Assisted AI Agents

[tonkkatonka]

Code migrations are like cleaning the house. We know we have to do it, but we wish we didn't have to. Yet, we are still only using AI to create new code vs cleaning the existing mess.

On: I Fought Imposter Syndrome as a Software Engineer at a Research Conference

[tonkkatonka]

“So, where are you doing your doctorate?”

That was the third time someone asked me that and it wasn’t even 11 AM on the first day of IUI, a research-focused conference about Intelligent User Interfaces.

On: How to build a palace:Building in iterations is not just postponing quality

[tonkkatonka]

We all know that in many cases the phrase "we will improve this later" means "we will never improve this".

On: How to be the best programmer, according to Daniel Terhorst-North

[tonkkatonka]

Great programmers are not born; they are made - says Daniel Terhorst-North, the author of the viral Twitter thread on the best programmer he knows.

On: How to be the best programmer, according to Daniel Terhorst-North

[tonkkatonka]

Great programmers are not born; they are made - says Daniel Terhorst-North, the author of the viral Twitter thread on the best programmer he knows.

On: "Good enough" code is just not good enough

[tonkkatonka]

Striving for excellence is not just a matter of professional pride; it is necessary to prevent the endless cycle of suffering.

On: Why would anyone do something as as mob programming?

[tonkkatonka]

A few thousand lines of code everyone is satisfied with and understands used to sound like science fiction – now it was reality.

On: You don't need front end developers for Backstage integration

[tonkkatonka]

Despite zero TypeScript and MERN experience, we pulled off deploying Backstage in our platform, with a much better user experience. Only 5 % of our engineers use it.