In 2023, I had a few thoughts about how LLMs would affect the world. I’m revisiting this today, and thinking about what’s next.

I completed day one of the 2023 advent of code in rust to try learning the language.

It’s been about a year since I’ve been regularly using ChatGPT. At first it was just version 3.5, but in February I upgraded to pro to get access to 4th edition.

There isn’t a lack of pontificating on the technology from a non-technical perspective, but I’ll share my brief thoughts on AI after using ChatGPT and its APIs for about a year now.

I’ve been writing software professionally for more than five years now. Each time I git init a new project, start a directory structure, and deploy a project, I’m doing it on the shoulders of previous knowledge. I like to think that each time I do it better.

Here’s my thoughts on starting new code projects that I wish I knew when I started. Consider it an ever-growing argument with myself about “software best practices” that you have the privilege to witness.