Over the last few months, I've had the opportunity to revisit some AI coding tools and see how they have evolved. My first impression was that they are now much more capable than they were even just a few months ago.
My experience is rather bimodal: it's magic when it works, and outright disillusionment when it doesn't. The good news: if you know what you're doing, you don't need it to work 100% of the time.
I recently had the shower thought about the phonetic similarity between "cell phone" and "self-own".
Naturally, there is an Urban Dictionary entry for this from 2021, so it's hardly original.
Cell Phone Self Own
When your phone's autocorrect absolutely savages you.
When you are texting in bed and accidently drop your cellphone on your face.
I posit that merely using a cell phone these days is a self-own.
A few days ago, OpenAI released Operator, their first browser-use agent. Their demo left me wondering - who is this for?
Human behavior seems bimodal when it comes to content — people largely fall into either a creation or consumption mode, with few striking a true balance.
In my roles as a coach and an engineering manager, I often find myself in situations where I need to help people navigate their feelings. Whether it's an athlete feeling frustrated with their performance or a team member feeling overwhelmed by their workload, my job is to help them find a way through it.
Often, I think of myself as a counterbalance.