AI Coding Tools Are Not the End of Craft
AI coding tools change the economics of software work, but they make judgement, craft, testing and responsibility more important rather than less.
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Friday Coffee
Lighter personal writing on technology, work, memory, and change.
Not everything worth thinking about fits neatly into an architecture diagram.
Friday Coffee is where I step back from the technical posts and write about technology as I actually experience it — the rate of change, the tools that have quietly transformed how I work, the memories that help me make sense of where we’ve ended up.
I’ve been in IT since 1985. That’s long enough to have lived through mainframes, minis, PCs, client-server, browsers, and microservices. But something about this moment feels different, and these posts are my attempt to think out loud about what that means.
No conclusions guaranteed. Grab a coffee.
The antenna, the inter-library loans and infinite patience
A Friday Coffee reflection on building a VHF antenna, old technical books, patient learning, and the pleasures of finding things out slowly.
At 61, AI Gave Me a Second Act
A personal reflection on how AI agents have made ambitious software work feel possible again after decades in technology.
How do you keep up with AI?
A personal reflection on keeping up with fast-moving AI tools without confusing constant novelty with durable understanding.
Friday night moan ….. Fashion driven IT
A Friday Coffee reflection on fashion-driven IT, technology hype, and the need for more scepticism in architecture decisions.