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The Epic Programming Principles: the guide I use to make decisions as a software engineer. Transcending specific tools or frameworks, these principles will help you guide your career, craft, and technical choices. See details and examples for each principle here: www.epicweb.dev/principles 📖

Katja Lutz 🦋🇨🇭

@katywings.bsky.social

7 Dec 2024

What about using an AI assistant is a principle? What are your thoughts behind this 🙂? Or why is including AI in the principles more important than e.g. your choice of editor?

Kent C. Dodds 🌌

@kentcdodds.com

I admit that one's a little specific. It's based on "Value your time" core philosophy principle. I go into detail here: www.epicweb.dev/principles/d...

epicweb.devUsing AI as an assistantIf you had an opportunity to hire an intern to help you with your work, you would do this despite knowing they will require training and they will occasionally deliver less optimal output. AI Assistan...

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Katja Lutz 🦋🇨🇭

@katywings.bsky.social

7 Dec 2024

Oh I see 😅 and I already thought that the hidden principle maybe was "Use AI as an assistant - *and not as a replacement for your skills*" 🙈. I guess I value humans more than my time, one of the reasons why I personally avoid AI, especially if its trained on data without explicit consent.