During the pandemic, I occupied the same space—a Zoom room-with members of the Virtual Coffee community from all over the world. We’ve had members across the US, Canada, South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. We saw each other whether in...
Finding the assistant that fits just right.
Every great hero needs the right weapon. Captain America has his shield, Aragorn wields Andúril, and David brought down Goliath with nothing but a slingshot and unshakeable faith.
A follow-up to “Which Code Assistant Actually Helps Developers Grow?” This time, testing how AI assistants handle debugging existing code problems.
Over the past year, we’ve had a ton of conversations at Virtual Coffee about AI. If you’ve opened up X or LinkedIn, you probably realize that people have very strong opinions about AI. At Virtual Coffee, we’re a pretty close-knit...
A couple of days ago, I saw Jerome Hardaway’s LinkedIn post, and it really resonated with me. I like the idea of thinking of AI coding tools as “really great intern[s]. Fast, helpful, capable in the right hands – but...
In my last post, I talked about spending time this summer looking at different AI tools. I want to get hands-on, figure out what I want to integrate into my workflow. But before I spend time (and money) testing things...