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  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Coding agents require skilled operators

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/18/coding-agents/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Coding agents require skilled operators Feedly Summary: I wrote this recently in a conversation about whether coding agents can work as a replacement for human programmers. The “agentic" coding tools we have right now work like this: A skilled individual with both deep domain understanding and deep…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting David Crawshaw

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/9/david-crawshaw/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting David Crawshaw Feedly Summary: The process of learning and experimenting with LLM-derived technology has been an exercise in humility. In general I love learning new things when the art of programming changes […] But LLMs, and more specifically Agents, affect the process of writing programs in…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Kenton Varda

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/2/kenton-varda/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Kenton Varda Feedly Summary: It took me a few days to build the library [cloudflare/workers-oauth-provider] with AI. I estimate it would have taken a few weeks, maybe months to write by hand. That said, this is a pretty ideal use case: implementing a well-known standard on…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Talking AI and jobs with Natasha Zouves for News Nation

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/30/ai-and-jobs-with-natasha-zouves/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Talking AI and jobs with Natasha Zouves for News Nation Feedly Summary: I was interviewed by News Nation’s Natasha Zouves about the very complicated topic of how we should think about AI in terms of threatening our jobs and careers. I previously talked with Natasha two years…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Luke Kanies

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/13/luke-kanies/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Luke Kanies Feedly Summary: I did find one area where LLMs absolutely excel, and I’d never want to be without them: AIs can find your syntax error 100x faster than you can. They’ve been a useful tool in multiple areas, to my surprise. But this is…

  • Slashdot: IBM CEO Says AI Has Replaced Hundreds of Workers But Created New Programming, Sales Jobs

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/05/07/143250/ibm-ceo-says-ai-has-replaced-hundreds-of-workers-but-created-new-programming-sales-jobs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: IBM CEO Says AI Has Replaced Hundreds of Workers But Created New Programming, Sales Jobs Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The statement discusses IBM’s strategic use of AI to replace certain human resources roles and its impact on hiring practices within the company. This insight is…

  • Slashdot: Apple, Anthropic Team Up To Build AI-Powered ‘Vibe-Coding’ Platform

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    Source URL: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/05/02/181227/apple-anthropic-team-up-to-build-ai-powered-vibe-coding-platform?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Apple, Anthropic Team Up To Build AI-Powered ‘Vibe-Coding’ Platform Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Apple is collaborating with Anthropic to develop a novel AI-driven coding platform that enhances software development efficiency. This initiative exemplifies the growing trend of employing AI tools to streamline programming tasks, similar…

  • Slashdot: AI Tackles Aging COBOL Systems as Legacy Code Expertise Dwindles

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/04/24/1725256/ai-tackles-aging-cobol-systems-as-legacy-code-expertise-dwindles?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Tackles Aging COBOL Systems as Legacy Code Expertise Dwindles Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights the transition of US government agencies and Fortune 500 companies from legacy COBOL systems to modern solutions using AI technologies. It emphasizes the urgent need for upgrades due…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: llm-fragments-rust

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/11/llm-fragments-rust/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: llm-fragments-rust Feedly Summary: llm-fragments-rust Inspired by Filippo Valsorda’s llm-fragments-go, Francois Garillot created llm-fragments-rust, an LLM fragments plugin that lets you pull documentation for any Rust crate directly into a prompt to LLM. I really like this example, which uses two fragments to load documentation for two crates…