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Quitting programming as a career right now because of LLMs would be like quitting carpentry as a career thanks to the invention of the table saw.

Posted 3rd July 2025 at 4:10 am

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The evolution of OpenAI's mission statement - 13th February 2026
Introducing Showboat and Rodney, so agents can demo what they’ve built - 10th February 2026
How StrongDM's AI team build serious software without even looking at the code - 7th February 2026

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