Neither an art nor a science, writing software is more akin to carpentry or watchmaking. We’re going to miss it.

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Building your perfect programming environment is easier than you think. Here's how to do it in minutes!

The media is full of breathless reports that AI can now code and human programmers are going to be put out to pasture. We ...

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