Why Every Developer Should Learn ChatGPT and SudoLang — I recently started using an AI Driven Development (AIDD) process that has many benefits: Increased development productivity 10x — 20x, allowing us to take on more projects, and more ambitious challenges that would previously have been too resource-intensive to tackle. Opened up our applications to magical features we could not…

I have been a long-time advocate of Test-Driven Development (TDD) because of its many productivity and quality benefits. You can read more about those in “TDD Changed My Life”. When I realized that GPT-4 was capable of following complex instructions, one of the first things I thought of was trying…

Pseudocode is a fantastic way to sketch programs using informal, natural language, without worrying about specific syntax. It’s like sketching your thoughts before diving into the nitty-gritty of coding. It’s useful for brainstorming and communicating ideas with others. I have been using pseudocode to express ideas to Large Language Models…

TL;DR — Great, but Can’t Replace Expert Mentors, Yet! — GPT-4 was just released, and it represents significant enhancements over ChatGPT powered by GPT-3.5. Among the enhancements is an improved ability to maintain coherence over longer sessions and larger prompts. I spent years building EricElliottJS.com to teach developers important concepts for JavaScript developers. I was curious how well I could…

The only metric that matters is that users love your software. In the near future, all new web applications will be Web3 applications. Web3 developers are building a world where people can own their own data, their own identity, their own money (without the need for traditional banks), their own…

TL;DR: JavaScript + React + Redux still dominate by a landslide. Pair with Next.js & Vercel for best results. AI is exploding with SudoLang + Agents. Web3 growth is strong. — Updated April 11, 2023 So much has changed in the past year, it can feel like everything is ripe for disruption, but in spite of the most disruptive year in tech I have ever seen, the biggest surprise for me on this year’s list is how little the framework ecosystem…

TL;DR: Use Cuid2 so you don’t need to worry about all this identifier complexity. It’s 7:15 am and customer support is swamped. We just got featured on Good Morning America, and a whole bunch of first time customers are bumping into bugs. …

“Every new app should start serverless.” Adobe Creative Cloud’s early services were written in Ruby, but they didn’t perform well. So we decided to rebuild them with Node. That was part of my job. Developing and maintaining always-on API routes is an expensive process. We had custom-built fleet management software…

Deciding what to build is the most important step in product development, but almost every team sucks at it. Here are 7 steps to build the right product faster. I’ve helped hundreds of companies bring products to market: Software for brands like YouTube, BBC, CBS, Zumba Fitness, etc. That experience…