Szymon Pajka
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Szymon Pajka
@szympajka.com
Web Developer
Is AI-assisted programming making us lazy? I’ve shared my thoughts on how tools like GitHub Copilot are changing our discipline and further fragmenting our already shattered focus. Read about my love-hate relationship with AI in coding.
A Love-Hate Relationship with AI-Assisted Programming: Reflection on GitHub Copilot
In the world of software development, a few tools have had such a transformative – and perhaps destructive – effect as AI-assisted…
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March 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
@cassidoo.co, my interview question of the week solution:
codesandbox.io/p/devbox/sr7...
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February 17, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I asked AI to answer a general field question I specialise in, and it failed to answer sufficiently. But I had to know that to know that, right? Does it make me an expert though?

I collected my thoughts about above and my related frustrations in this bite size article
What does make you an expert nowadays?
I had to answer a few questions recently, in a topic I specialise in. Because I know how valid and important getting the second opinion is, not having anyone else next to me to ask, I asked AI to…
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February 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Does it make someone being a senior/expert if they can questions and comment on AI output?
February 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The number of coding nuggets I’ve seen this week is amazing! Keep them coming! I’ve learn so much from Twitter, and hoping Bluesky will fill the gap!
January 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery
January 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I’m loving this syntax! It looks like a merge conflict someone committed accidentally or someone going hardcode on bit shifting, but its not, its me using some crazy generics magic! I think this says that I’m quite good at using them 😄
January 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
For someone didn’t use #tiktok, I’m overwhelmed by the posts about the sense of community that people have cultivated on the platform. My understanding was that it was simply a platform for sharing funny videos and endless scrolling through them! #tiktokban
January 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I have a bit of a pickle, and I think I need a mechanism similar to how react useEffect dependent works. I need to know what state value need to change for me to update my form.

Can someone point me and explain how does the dependency array works internally? cc: @danabra.mov?
December 13, 2024 at 11:06 AM
I am so amazed and grateful for this platform! As we all know what degregated, I felt sick when scrolling, as it was constant „filter mode”. I am wowed how liberating it can be! I feel so positive and inspired! Thank you! ☺️
November 12, 2024 at 7:23 AM
Reposted by Szymon Pajka
📣 Tomorrow is my birthday, and I want to do a giveaway!

3 random lucky persons who follow me and retweet this post will get a FREE license for the Mocking Techniques bundle!

🎁 www.epicweb.dev/testing 🎁

I will announce the winners next Thursday. Good luck!
Master Mocking for Better Web Applications using Vitest
Learn from the creator and maintainer of Mock Service Worker, Artem Zakharchenko.
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October 30, 2024 at 3:45 PM