Adam Gordon Bell

Nodding my head at a quote, and then seeing its from me. 😀

Coding in the Red-Queen Era - CoRecursive Podcast What do we risk when we let AI do the heavy lifting in our coding? Are we giving up the thinking that makes us good at what we do? And as expectations keep rising to match productivy gains, is all thi...

New Podcast episode about learning, economics and brain eating in the age of coding agents.

corecursive.com/red-queen-co...

There's this magical topaz earring, and it's locked away in a museum vault to keep everyone safe from it. If you put this earring in your ear, it whispers to you, "You'd be better off taking me out." But if you ignore that advice, that's when things get interesting, because whenever you wear the earring and you have a choice to make, it whispers in your ear, telling you exactly what to do, and it's always the best decision every time. If you're stuck choosing between two jobs, the earring just tells you which one to take, and it's never wrong. Over time, people found that the earring was always right, and so it makes the wearer's life better in every possible way. And the more you wear it, the more you get used to it. And the earring doesn't just stop at big choices. It chimes in about breakfast, what to say to your friends, and how to give a speech. And even, you know, when and how to move your arm. It's always there, working to give you exactly the advice that you need. Except then, when you die after an abnormally happy and successful life, you, the earring wearer, are found to have no prefrontal cortex left. You have long since let your brain atrophy away as the earring makes every decision for you. You have long since become its puppet. You got everything you wanted, and you made the decisions that gave you the most happiness. But were you still you? That's why the earring stays locked up and out of reach to keep us all safe. Sound familiar? The earring is what life looks like if you relinquish everything to AI.

This is my biggest fear with AI.

That it's helping me so much but also it's eating my brain.

That one is lots of fun!

Good time to tell everyone about one of my favorite programming podcast epidose (and in general) from @adamgordonbell.bsky.social about LISP in space which was fascinating

Agreed, it's clearly designed to be anxiety packed. The show is usually "loud quiet loud" like a nirvana song, and that episode is "loud Loud LOOOUD"

That Christmas episode is ... Wow

When AI Codes, What’s Left for me? - CoRecursive Podcast I’ve always found meaning, and a lot of strength, in building things. Now, with AI coding agents changing the way we work, it’s easy to feel threatened, like something essential might get taken away. ...

This was a fantastic take from @adamgordonbell.bsky.social on his latest CoRecursive podcast episode! Highly recommend. corecursive.com/coding-agents

Do AI coding agents make you question your worth as a dev? Same here. A little bit.

In my new episode I unpack this:
→ Why we tie identity to code
→ How fear disguises itself as “these tools are useless”
→ Turning AI into a skill-multiplier, not a threat

Thanks! Was a bit different then usual so glad you liked it.

When AI Codes, What’s Left for me? - CoRecursive Podcast I’ve always found meaning—and a lot of strength—in building things. Now, with AI coding agents changing the way we work, it’s easy to feel threatened, like something essential might get taken away. Bu...

What happens when the joy of building feels threatened by coding agents? Fear can be a powerful motivator, but honestly I'm not that worried.

corecursive.com/coding-agents/

YouTube video by PulumiTV Internal Developer Platform: Fix Dev Chaos in 3 Steps

I’ve tried to distill a story I've heard about platform engineering into a short, animated explainer.

I feel like I'm still trying to find the best way to structure these videos.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=is83...

Followed! I interviewed jon some very long time ago for my podcast

YouTube video by PulumiTV Platform Engineering in 3 Minutes

Made another video. Hopefully I'm getting better at it.

It's a very quick introduction to platform engineering. Explaining why having a team dedicated to building out some reusable structure for handling common DevOps tasks is useful.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUCt...

But the real turning point came when John stopped trying to hide his differences.

How do you rebuild when you feel like an outsider?

John turned to online communities. He ran IRC bots to keep recovery chatrooms safe from trolls and built scrapers to solve tough data problems at work.

John Walker grew up building computers and exploring early internet forums, always looking for a place to fit in.
Drugs became a fun exploration and a social experiment. But soon, addiction pulled him into homelessness and jail.

Coding Through Chaos - CoRecursive Podcast What if your search for connection took you somewhere you never meant to go—almost costing you everything?John Walker grew up building computers and exploring early internet forums, always looking for...

What if your search for connection nearly destroyed you?

@leftenantzero.bsky.social's journey from addiction and isolation to belonging rewrites what it means to find your place.

corecursive.com/coding-throu...

YouTube video by PulumiTV The Platform Engineering Approach Nobody Talks About

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF9C...

Article:
www.pulumi.com/blog/platfor...

Buffet analogy because teams can pick what they need. Artifact storage, CI/CD componentes, etc

Nico Thomas is introducing a new metaphor to computing. The Buffet

YouTube video by PulumiTV Kubernetes in ~10 minutes

What happens when you compress 60 minutes of kubernetes content into 10 minutes?

You get either a masterpiece or a complete disaster and I'm still not sure which one I created.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P8J...

I've updated my personal website from hakyll to hugo. Now I can start trying to update it.

Porting it is more fun than actually updating it. Good bye Haskell.

The Power of Context: Reimagining Learning - CoRecursive Podcast Have you ever found yourself in a situation where learning felt like an uphill battle? Like no matter how hard you tried, the pieces just wouldn't fall into place? Steve Krouse's story shows the power...

How does someone go from a kid struggling at math, to loving math, to becoming a cloud computing innovator?

For @stevekrouse.com it was an afterschool programming program. New podcast episode!

corecursive.com/the-power-of...

Thanks!

Yeah, your behavior in one context isn't totally separate from it in others. That's especially clear in that case.

Pretty excited about this one ( coming out tomorrow )

Thanks for listening! That one is a bit of a curve ball but I think about it all the time.

Back to my roots .... complaining about YAML

Good?

I want an LLM that can teach me things the way this guy teaches binary.

www.garlikov.com/Soc_Meth.html

( via @stevekrouse.com )

I think this was probably COVID era. I expect he's back in a studio now.