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Have you ever caught yourself missing that spark you felt the first time code you wrote leapt off the screen and did something cool? I have. So I traced it back to its roots and wrote about why our craft still matters, even as AI types for us.
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The Heart of Software Engineering Still Beats - Annie Vella
A few weeks ago, I had a conversation that’s stayed with me. A colleague from another department said: “I’ve always been able to read and understand code, even debug it, but I could never write it.”
S...
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June 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Have you ever caught yourself missing that spark you felt the first time code you wrote leapt off the screen and did something cool? I have. So I traced it back to its roots and wrote about why our craft still matters, even as AI types for us.
annievella.com/posts/the-he...
annievella.com/posts/the-he...
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This is wild
Spain blocking possibly 75% of all internet traffic - as most of it proxies through Cloudflare, and they blocked CF IPs
Also blocking all of Vercel right now
Shows how strange court orders aimed to shut down select few sites can take down most of the internet in the country…
Spain blocking possibly 75% of all internet traffic - as most of it proxies through Cloudflare, and they blocked CF IPs
Also blocking all of Vercel right now
Shows how strange court orders aimed to shut down select few sites can take down most of the internet in the country…
April 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This is wild
Spain blocking possibly 75% of all internet traffic - as most of it proxies through Cloudflare, and they blocked CF IPs
Also blocking all of Vercel right now
Shows how strange court orders aimed to shut down select few sites can take down most of the internet in the country…
Spain blocking possibly 75% of all internet traffic - as most of it proxies through Cloudflare, and they blocked CF IPs
Also blocking all of Vercel right now
Shows how strange court orders aimed to shut down select few sites can take down most of the internet in the country…
Does anyone remember Teddy Ruxpin? It was one of my favourite toys when I was a little girl. I can’t help but wonder what a Gen AI version of Teddy Ruxpin might be like. Is anyone working on this? 🤔
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Teddy Ruxpin - Wikipedia
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April 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Does anyone remember Teddy Ruxpin? It was one of my favourite toys when I was a little girl. I can’t help but wonder what a Gen AI version of Teddy Ruxpin might be like. Is anyone working on this? 🤔
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_R...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_R...
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The most important role of a software engineer in the age of AI coding tools is becoming:
Be a GREAT code reviewer. Spot mistakes in the generated code. Reject it / fix it to make it work correctly.
How do companies interview for this skillset?
You won't like it but:
Be a GREAT code reviewer. Spot mistakes in the generated code. Reject it / fix it to make it work correctly.
How do companies interview for this skillset?
You won't like it but:
April 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The most important role of a software engineer in the age of AI coding tools is becoming:
Be a GREAT code reviewer. Spot mistakes in the generated code. Reject it / fix it to make it work correctly.
How do companies interview for this skillset?
You won't like it but:
Be a GREAT code reviewer. Spot mistakes in the generated code. Reject it / fix it to make it work correctly.
How do companies interview for this skillset?
You won't like it but:
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I've been doing a bunch of reading about the impact AI coding tools are having on software developers. Here are 9 essential articles on the topic: leaddev.com/leadership/t...
The AI engineering curriculum
A reading list to help understand the impact AI coding tools are having on software engineering.
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April 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I've been doing a bunch of reading about the impact AI coding tools are having on software developers. Here are 9 essential articles on the topic: leaddev.com/leadership/t...
What an honour to be quoted by @charity.wtf!
This was a heartfelt piece that I’d been meaning to write for a while. I’m grateful it resonates with so many.
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This was a heartfelt piece that I’d been meaning to write for a while. I’m grateful it resonates with so many.
annievella.com/posts/the-so...
March 27, 2025 at 4:57 AM
What an honour to be quoted by @charity.wtf!
This was a heartfelt piece that I’d been meaning to write for a while. I’m grateful it resonates with so many.
annievella.com/posts/the-so...
This was a heartfelt piece that I’d been meaning to write for a while. I’m grateful it resonates with so many.
annievella.com/posts/the-so...
Ever tried fixing a system only to have it push back? That’s the SDLC. Optimise one part, and new constraints pop up elsewhere.
With AI coding assistants speeding up dev, we’re seeing new challenges emerge. Where are you feeling the pushback?
annievella.com/posts/the-sd...
With AI coding assistants speeding up dev, we’re seeing new challenges emerge. Where are you feeling the pushback?
annievella.com/posts/the-sd...
The SDLC Strikes Back: Adapting to AI-Driven Development - Annie Vella
Earlier this year, Lovable celebrated their biggest milestone yet - more than 12,000 (!) new projects created in a single day. The very next day, they went down. The irony? Their success became their ...
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February 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Ever tried fixing a system only to have it push back? That’s the SDLC. Optimise one part, and new constraints pop up elsewhere.
With AI coding assistants speeding up dev, we’re seeing new challenges emerge. Where are you feeling the pushback?
annievella.com/posts/the-sd...
With AI coding assistants speeding up dev, we’re seeing new challenges emerge. Where are you feeling the pushback?
annievella.com/posts/the-sd...
Learning to use an AI coding assistant takes hands-on experience and deliberate practice like any other skill - but it’s so worth it!
Read about my experiences using Windsurf over the last 2 months - annievella.com/posts/what-i...
Read about my experiences using Windsurf over the last 2 months - annievella.com/posts/what-i...
What It's Really Like Using an AI Coding Assistant - Annie Vella
I’ve now spent a couple of months using Windsurf fairly regularly and I thought I’d share some of my experiences with it.
To set the scene, I’m a software engineer with over 20 years experience. I hav...
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January 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Learning to use an AI coding assistant takes hands-on experience and deliberate practice like any other skill - but it’s so worth it!
Read about my experiences using Windsurf over the last 2 months - annievella.com/posts/what-i...
Read about my experiences using Windsurf over the last 2 months - annievella.com/posts/what-i...
Sharing my fascination with and experience building an agentic AI while using an agentic IDE:
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Agents All The Way Down - Annie Vella
The concept of agentic AI absolutely fascinates me. An LLM on its own is already mind-blowing, but building much larger systems where hundreds of specialised LLMs work together as components, with yet...
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January 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Sharing my fascination with and experience building an agentic AI while using an agentic IDE:
annievella.com/posts/agents...
annievella.com/posts/agents...
My first post on here!
We say "AI won't replace engineers - we do more than code" yet created "Product Engineer" for those who actually do those things. My research shows 78% of engineers now code less with AI.
Time to reclaim what software engineering means.
annievella.com/posts/dear-s...
We say "AI won't replace engineers - we do more than code" yet created "Product Engineer" for those who actually do those things. My research shows 78% of engineers now code less with AI.
Time to reclaim what software engineering means.
annievella.com/posts/dear-s...
Dear Software Engineer: It's Time to Reclaim Your Role - Annie Vella
Apologies, this is a long one - clearly I’ve got a lot to say on this subject!
It didn’t take long after ChatGPT was released for me to start seeing how fundamentally this technology could transform s...
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December 26, 2024 at 6:44 AM
My first post on here!
We say "AI won't replace engineers - we do more than code" yet created "Product Engineer" for those who actually do those things. My research shows 78% of engineers now code less with AI.
Time to reclaim what software engineering means.
annievella.com/posts/dear-s...
We say "AI won't replace engineers - we do more than code" yet created "Product Engineer" for those who actually do those things. My research shows 78% of engineers now code less with AI.
Time to reclaim what software engineering means.
annievella.com/posts/dear-s...