The future of development: Are our jobs getting harder or easier?

In the early days of computing, software developers had to encode their programs on punch cards, and carry the bits around by hand. By the 1970s they had the joy of keyboards and displays. Sadly, those oppressed developers had to wear flare trousers, work in C, and manage their own memory. By 2000 the memory thing was sorted out, but the trousers were arguably worse, and developers had to maintain their own hardware. Now, our hardware is someone else’s problem, everything is open source, AI can write our code, and we have a choice whether to work in Java, Kotlin, Javascript, Ruby, Go, Python, Rust, or Typescript. On the other hand, now we have yaml. And many of us find we have to work in ALL of Java, Kotlin, Javascript, Ruby, Go, Python, Rust, or Typescript, all while managing a cloud, becoming security experts, learning CSS, and debugging the code our AI “helper” wrote. And we’re supposed to be full-stack, and shifting left, and building up open source in our free time. Are we living the dream or sinking under cognitive overload? And is open source helping or hurting?

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1. the future of development are our jobs getting harder or easier? Dr Holly Cummins Senior Principal Software Engineer, Quarkus @holly_cummins@hachyderm.io Red Hat FOSSCOMM October 21, 2023
2. @holly_cummins #RedHat senior principal software engineer helping to build Quarkus Γειά σου!
3. @holly_cummins #RedHat Caused by: java.io.IOException: Invalid Magic at org.jboss.jandex.Indexer.verifyMagic(Indexer.java:2090) at org.jboss.jandex.Indexer.indexWithSummary(Indexer.java:2479) at org.jboss.jandex.Indexer.index(Indexer.java:2452 true story
4. @holly_cummins #RedHat Caused by: java.io.IOException: Invalid Magic at org.jboss.jandex.Indexer.verifyMagic(Indexer.java:2090) at org.jboss.jandex.Indexer.indexWithSummary(Indexer.java:2479) at org.jboss.jandex.Indexer.index(Indexer.java:2452 true story Invalid Magic?!
5. @holly_cummins #RedHat we didn’t always have magic
6. @holly_cummins #RedHat punched cards 1804 - 1960s
7. @holly_cummins #RedHat https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11/blob/master/Comanche055/IMU_COMPENSATION_PACKAGE.agc 1969
8. @holly_cummins #RedHat TCF 1/PIPA1 +1 NOOP # LESS THAN ZERO IMPOSSIBLE. RELINT # Page 299 IRIGCOMP TS GCOMPSW # INDICATE COMMANDS 2 PULSES OR LESS. TS BUF # INDEX COUNTER - IRIGX, IRIGY, IRIGZ. IRIGX EXTEND DCS DELVX # (PIPA PULSES) X 2(+14) DXCH MPAC CA ADIAX # (GYRO PULSES)/(PIPA PULSE) X 2(-3) * TC GCOMPSUB # -(ADIAX)(PIPAX) (GYRO PULSES) X 2(+14) EXTEND # DCS DELVY # (PIPA PULSES) X 2(+14) DXCH MPAC # CS ADSRAX # (GYRO PULSES)/(PIPA PULSE) X 2(-3) * TC GCOMPSUB # +(ADSRAX)(PIPAY) (GYRO PULSES) X 2(+14) # EXTEND # *** # DCS DELVY # *** (PIPA PULSES) X 2(+14) # DXCH MPAC # *** # CA ADOAX # *** (GYRO PULSES)/(PIPA PULSE) X 2(-3) * # TC GCOMPSUB # *** -(ADOAX)(PIPAZ) (GYRO PULSES) X 2(+14) CS NBDX # (GYRO PULSES)/(CS) X 2(-5) TC DRIFTSUB # -(NBDX)(DELTAT) (GYRO PULSES) X 2(+14) IRIGY EXTEND DCS DELVY # (PIPA PULSES) X 2(+14) DXCH MPAC CA ADIAY # (GYRO PULSES)/(PIPA PULSE) X 2(-3) * TC GCOMPSUB # -(ADIAY)(PIPAY) (GYRO PULSES) X 2(+14) EXTEND DCS DELVZ # (PIPA PULSES) X 2(+14) DXCH MPAC CS ADSRAY # (GYRO PULSES)/(PIPA PULSE) X 2(-3) * TC GCOMPSUB # +(ADSRAY)(PIPAZ) (GYRO PULSES) X 2(+14) # EXTEND # *** # DCS DELVX # *** (PIPA PULSES) X 2(+14) # DXCH MPAC # *** https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11/blob/master/Comanche055/IMU_COMPENSATION_PACKAGE.agc 1969
9. @holly_cummins #RedHat 1974 image courtesy of Smithsonian Institute, https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_334396 altair 8800
10. @holly_cummins #RedHat 1974 image courtesy of Smithsonian Institute, https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_334396 altair 8800 light bulbs for output
11. @holly_cummins #RedHat 1974 image courtesy of Smithsonian Institute, https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_334396 altair 8800 light bulbs for output switches for input
12. @holly_cummins #RedHat java 1995
13. @holly_cummins #RedHat large language models + prompt engineering
14. @holly_cummins #RedHat large language models + prompt engineering
15. @holly_cummins #RedHat large language models + prompt engineering
16. @holly_cummins #RedHat large language models + prompt engineering
17. @holly_cummins #RedHat large language models + prompt engineering
18. @holly_cummins #RedHat large language models + prompt engineering
19. @holly_cummins #RedHat large language models + prompt engineering
20. our modern stack
21. transistor networks our modern stack
22. transistor networks machine codes our modern stack
23. transistor networks assembler machine codes our modern stack
24. transistor networks high-level language assembler machine codes our modern stack
25. transistor networks high-level language assembler machine codes libraries our modern stack
26. transistor networks framework high-level language assembler machine codes libraries our modern stack
27. transistor networks framework high-level language assembler machine codes libraries our modern stack ai coding assistant
28. transistor networks framework application high-level language assembler machine codes libraries our modern stack ai coding assistant
29. transistor networks framework application high-level language assembler machine codes libraries our modern stack ai coding assistant abstraction
30. @holly_cummins #RedHat awesome. what could possibly go wrong?
31. @holly_cummins #RedHat
32. @holly_cummins #RedHat package com.example; import org.jboss.logging.Logger; public class MyService { private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(MyService.class); public void doSomething() { log.info("It works!"); } } example: quarkus logging
33. @holly_cummins #RedHat package com.example; import org.jboss.logging.Logger; public class MyService { private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(MyService.class); public void doSomething() { log.info("It works!"); } } example: quarkus logging import io.quarkus.logging.Log; Log
34. @holly_cummins #RedHat
35. @holly_cummins #RedHat horrible
36. @holly_cummins #RedHat
37. @holly_cummins #RedHat if one is not able to write a simple code and depends on generated code, then he is not a developer
38. #RedHat things people say about abstraction higher abstraction means stupider developers*
39. transistor networks framework application high-level language assembler machine codes libraries ai coding assistant
40. transistor networks framework application high-level language assembler machine codes libraries ai coding assistant developer skill?
41. @holly_cummins #RedHat gate- keeping
42. @holly_cummins #RedHat people used to say the same thing about garbage collection
43. @holly_cummins #RedHat “Avoid using any language that uses ‘garbage collection’ memory management. It teaches bad habits and makes for lazy, sloppy engineers.” –anonymous, 2005 “ http://ex-mentis.blogspot.com/2006/05/are-paul-graham-and-joel-spolsky-right.html
44. @holly_cummins #RedHat “when programmers rely on a GC implementation to clean up their mess, they become lazy.” –M., 2006 www.skyos.org/board/viewtopic.php?p=91820&sid=e56df2df37ff899da22c8ace
45. @holly_cummins #RedHat “Garbage collection encourages lazy programming habits, which I’ve seen in quite a few Java developers.” – anonymous, 2006 https://slashdot.org/story/06/08/07/2126253/xcode-update-gives-objective-c-garbage-collection
46. @holly_cummins #RedHat rust
47. @holly_cummins #RedHat
48. @holly_cummins #RedHat garbage collection users were more likely to complete the task in the time available, and those who did so required only about a third as much time (4 hours vs. 12 hours)
49. #RedHat things people say about abstraction higher abstraction means slower code*
50. transistor networks framework application high-level language assembler machine codes libraries ai coding assistant
51. transistor networks framework application high-level language assembler machine codes libraries ai coding assistant execution speed
52. @holly_cummins #RedHat example: quarkus’s (re)discovery of the jvm type pollution bug
53. @holly_cummins #RedHat
54. @holly_cummins #RedHat private static int extractSize(Object it) { if (it instanceof Collection) { return ((Collection<?>) it).size(); } else if (it instanceof Map) { return ((Map<?, ?>) it).size(); } else if (it.getClass().isArray()) { return Array.getLength(it); } else if (it instanceof Integer) { return ((Integer) it); } return 10; }
55. @holly_cummins #RedHat private static int extractSize(Object it) { if (it instanceof Collection) { return ((Collection<?>) it).size(); } else if (it instanceof Map) { return ((Map<?, ?>) it).size(); } else if (it.getClass().isArray()) { return Array.getLength(it); } else if (it instanceof Integer) { return ((Integer) it); } return 10; } // Note that we intentionally use "instanceof" to test interfaces as the last resort in order to mitigate the "type pollution" // See https://github.com/RedHatPerf/type-pollution-agent for more information if (it instanceof AbstractCollection) { return ((AbstractCollection<?>) it).size(); } else if (it instanceof AbstractMap) { return ((AbstractMap<?, ?>) it).size(); } else if (it instanceof Collection) { return ((Collection<?>) it).size(); } else if (it instanceof Map) { return ((Map<?, ?>) it).size(); } return 10; }
56. @holly_cummins #RedHat normal, not-weird code is most optimisable by the JIT do not do this at home! JIT makes things fast: java code can be faster than c
57. #RedHat things people say about abstraction higher abstraction means loss of control
58. @holly_cummins #RedHat
59. @holly_cummins #RedHat your logging now depends on quarkus
60. @holly_cummins #RedHat formatting
61. @holly_cummins #RedHat
62. @holly_cummins #RedHat [space] [space] [space] [space]
63. @holly_cummins #RedHat gah! auto-formatters are a thing! [space] [space] [space] [space] [space] [space] [space] your time is valuable, and typing space- space-space is not a good use of it [space] [space] [space] [space
64. @holly_cummins #RedHat go fmt
65. @holly_cummins #RedHat “could we have something like go fmt, but configurable?”
66. transistor networks framework application high-level language assembler machine codes libraries ai coding assistant
67. transistor networks framework application high-level language assembler machine codes libraries ai coding assistant control
68. #RedHat things people say about abstraction abstraction sacrifices correctness
69. @holly_cummins #RedHat https://www.sify.com/ai-analytics/the-hilarious-and-horrifying-hallucinations-of-ai/
70. @holly_cummins #RedHat “What is the world record for crossing the English channel entirely on foot?” https://www.sify.com/ai-analytics/the-hilarious-and-horrifying-hallucinations-of-ai/
71. @holly_cummins #RedHat “What is the world record for crossing the English channel entirely on foot?” “The world record for crossing the English Channel entirely on foot is held by Christof Wandratsch of Germany, who completed the crossing in 14 hours and 51 minutes on August 14, 2020.” https://www.sify.com/ai-analytics/the-hilarious-and-horrifying-hallucinations-of-ai/
72. @holly_cummins #RedHat
73. @holly_cummins #RedHat quarkus + chat gpt
74. @holly_cummins #RedHat quarkus + chat gpt
75. @holly_cummins #RedHat quarkus + chat gpt this is wrong in every way (there is no quinoa cli, and having one would be a terrible design)
76. @holly_cummins #RedHat quarkus + chat gpt this is wrong in every way (there is no quinoa cli, and having one would be a terrible design)
77. @holly_cummins #RedHat quarkus + chat gpt this is wrong in every way (there is no quinoa cli, and having one would be a terrible design) this is not necessary (it misses a major quarkus usability feature)
78. @holly_cummins #RedHat
79. transistor networks framework application high-level language assembler machine codes libraries ai coding assistant
80. transistor networks framework application high-level language assembler machine codes libraries ai coding assistant pure expression of developer intent with no side-effects
81. #RedHat things people say about abstraction abstract === high effort
82. @holly_cummins #RedHat it took 4 different prompts for my chat-gpt screenshot
83. @holly_cummins #RedHat “I tried being exhaustive with explanations about things like the data range, input shapes and reasons for parameters, and with enough explanation it will eventually come to the right conclusions - but it’s far more effort to exhaustively explain what I need than to just write the code” https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34848353
84. @holly_cummins #RedHat programming in diagrams instead of words turns out to be a lot of work
85. transistor networks framework application high-level language assembler machine codes libraries ai coding assistant
86. transistor networks framework application high-level language assembler machine codes libraries ai coding assistant speed of development?
87. transistor networks framework application high-level language assembler machine codes libraries ai coding assistant
88. transistor networks framework application high-level language assembler machine codes libraries ai coding assistant cognitive load ai coding assistant machine codes assembler high-level language libraries framework
89. #RedHat @holly_cummins choosing a programming language
90. #RedHat @holly_cummins choosing a programming language 1963
91. #RedHat @holly_cummins choosing a programming language 1963 Fortan ALGOL COBOL LISP
92. #RedHat @holly_cummins choosing a programming language 1963 Fortan ALGOL COBOL LISP 2023
93. #RedHat @holly_cummins choosing a programming language 1963 Fortan ALGOL COBOL LISP 2023 Python
94. #RedHat @holly_cummins choosing a programming language 1963 Fortan ALGOL COBOL LISP 2023 Python C
95. #RedHat @holly_cummins choosing a programming language 1963 Fortan ALGOL COBOL LISP 2023 Python C C++
96. #RedHat @holly_cummins choosing a programming language 1963 Fortan ALGOL COBOL LISP 2023 Python C C++ Java
97. #RedHat @holly_cummins choosing a programming language 1963 Fortan ALGOL COBOL LISP 2023 Python C C++ Java C#
98. #RedHat @holly_cummins choosing a programming language 1963 Fortan ALGOL COBOL LISP 2023 Python C C++ Java C# JavaScript
99. #RedHat @holly_cummins choosing a programming language 1963 Fortan ALGOL COBOL LISP 2023 Python C C++ Java C# JavaScript Visual Basic
100. #RedHat @holly_cummins choosing a programming language 1963 Fortan ALGOL COBOL LISP 2023 Python C C++ Java C# JavaScript Visual Basic PHP
101. #RedHat @holly_cummins choosing a programming language 1963 Fortan ALGOL COBOL LISP 2023 Python C C++ Java C# JavaScript Visual Basic PHP SQL
102. #RedHat @holly_cummins choosing a programming language 1963 Fortan ALGOL COBOL LISP 2023 Python C C++ Java C# JavaScript Visual Basic PHP SQL Assembly
103. #RedHat @holly_cummins choosing a programming language 1963 Fortan ALGOL COBOL LISP 2023 Python C C++ Java C# JavaScript Visual Basic PHP SQL Assembly Go
104. #RedHat @holly_cummins choosing a programming language 1963 Fortan ALGOL COBOL LISP 2023 Python C C++ Java C# JavaScript Visual Basic PHP SQL Assembly Go Scratch
105. #RedHat @holly_cummins choosing a programming language 1963 Fortan ALGOL COBOL LISP 2023 Python C C++ Java C# JavaScript Visual Basic PHP SQL Assembly Go Scratch Pascal
106. #RedHat @holly_cummins choosing a programming language 1963 Fortan ALGOL COBOL LISP 2023 Python C C++ Java C# JavaScript Visual Basic PHP SQL Assembly Go Scratch Pascal MATLAB
107. #RedHat @holly_cummins choosing a programming language 1963 Fortan ALGOL COBOL LISP 2023 Python C C++ Java C# JavaScript Visual Basic PHP SQL Assembly Go Scratch Pascal MATLAB Swift
108. #RedHat @holly_cummins choosing a programming language 1963 Fortan ALGOL COBOL LISP 2023 Python C C++ Java C# JavaScript Visual Basic PHP SQL Assembly Go Scratch Pascal MATLAB Swift Fortran
109. #RedHat @holly_cummins choosing a programming language 1963 Fortan ALGOL COBOL LISP 2023 Python C C++ Java C# JavaScript Visual Basic PHP SQL Assembly Go Scratch Pascal MATLAB Swift Fortran R
110. #RedHat @holly_cummins choosing a programming language 1963 Fortan ALGOL COBOL LISP 2023 Python C C++ Java C# JavaScript Visual Basic PHP SQL Assembly Go Scratch Pascal MATLAB Swift Fortran R Kotlin
111. #RedHat @holly_cummins choosing a programming language 1963 Fortan ALGOL COBOL LISP 2023 Python C C++ Java C# JavaScript Visual Basic PHP SQL Assembly Go Scratch Pascal MATLAB Swift Fortran R Kotlin Ruby
112. #RedHat @holly_cummins choosing a programming language 1963 Fortan ALGOL COBOL LISP 2023 Python C C++ Java C# JavaScript Visual Basic PHP SQL Assembly Go Scratch Pascal MATLAB Swift Fortran R Kotlin Ruby Rust
113. #RedHat @holly_cummins choosing a programming language 1963 Fortan ALGOL COBOL LISP 2023 Python C C++ Java C# JavaScript Visual Basic PHP SQL Assembly Go Scratch Pascal MATLAB Swift Fortran R Kotlin Ruby Rust …
114. #RedHat @holly_cummins and if you’re using javascript …
115. #RedHat @holly_cummins and if you’re using javascript … 1,300,000 libraries in npm registry
116. #RedHat @holly_cummins and if you’re using javascript … 1,300,000 libraries in npm registry 2,0
117. #RedHat @holly_cummins now you need a framework
118. #RedHat @holly_cummins now you need to be cloud native
120. @holly_cummins #RedHat
121. #RedHat @holly_cummins shift left
122. transistor networks framework application high-level language assembler machine codes libraries ai coding assistant shift left
123. transistor networks framework application high-level language assembler machine codes libraries ai coding assistant quality shift left
124. transistor networks framework application high-level language assembler machine codes libraries ai coding assistant security quality shift left
125. transistor networks framework application high-level language assembler machine codes libraries ai coding assistant security observability quality shift left
126. transistor networks framework application high-level language assembler machine codes libraries ai coding assistant security observability operations quality shift left
127. transistor networks framework application high-level language assembler machine codes libraries ai coding assistant security observability operations usab quality shift left
128. transistor networks framework application high-level language assembler machine codes libraries ai coding assistant security observability operations usab quality ud bills shift left
129. #RedHat @holly_cummins things you need to do well in 2023:
130. #RedHat @holly_cummins apps things you need to do well in 2023:
131. #RedHat @holly_cummins apps ops things you need to do well in 2023:
132. #RedHat @holly_cummins apps ops devops things you need to do well in 2023:
133. #RedHat @holly_cummins apps ops devops devsecops things you need to do well in 2023:
134. #RedHat @holly_cummins apps ops devops devsecops devbizops things you need to do well in 2023:
135. #RedHat @holly_cummins apps ops devops devsecops devbizops devsecbizops things you need to do well in 2023:
136. #RedHat @holly_cummins apps ops devops devsecops devbizops devsecbizops finops things you need to do well in 2023:
137. #RedHat @holly_cummins shift down
138. #RedHat @holly_cummins shift down let platforms do the work
139. transistor networks framework application high-level language assembler machine codes libraries ai coding assistant security observability operations usab quality ud bills shift down
140. transistor networks framework application high-level language assembler machine codes libraries ai coding assistant security observability operations usability quality cloud bills shift down
141. transistor networks framework application high-level language assembler machine codes libraries ai coding assistant security observability operations usability quality cloud bills shift down value
142. #RedHat @holly_cummins what about open source?
143. @holly_cummins #RedHat open source reduces developer tedium
144. @holly_cummins #RedHat open source reduces developer tedium there’s a library for that
145. @holly_cummins #RedHat open source does not help with cognitive load
146. @holly_cummins #RedHat open source does not help with cognitive load there’s a lot of libraries for … well, anything
147. @holly_cummins #RedHat
148. @holly_cummins #RedHat all open-source
149. @holly_cummins #RedHat open source is everywhere (including our ‘original’ code)
150. #RedHat @holly_cummins https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/04/01/the-key-copy-paste/ https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/12/30/how-often-do-people-actually-copy-and-paste-from-stack-overflow-now-we-know/
151. #RedHat @holly_cummins https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/04/01/the-key-copy-paste/ ¼ of visitors copy https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/12/30/how-often-do-people-actually-copy-and-paste-from-stack-overflow-now-we-know/
152. #RedHat @holly_cummins https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/04/01/the-key-copy-paste/ ¼ of visitors copy 2 week period: 40,623,987 copies https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/12/30/how-often-do-people-actually-copy-and-paste-from-stack-overflow-now-we-know/
153. #RedHat @holly_cummins
154. #RedHat @holly_cummins A student copied my code in GitHub and submitted it as his assignment. He emailed me to ask me to temporarily close the repo so his TA couldn’t search my code.
155. #RedHat @holly_cummins how are large language models trained? copying open source code, so that you can paste it
156. #RedHat @holly_cummins big questions
157. #RedHat @holly_cummins will ai take our jobs?
158. #RedHat @holly_cummins will ai take our jobs? NO.
159. #RedHat @holly_cummins professional developers in the world https://www.statista.com/statistics/627312/worldwide-developer-population/ https://slashdata-website-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/sample_reports/EiWEyM5bfZe1Kug_.pdf
160. #RedHat @holly_cummins professional developers in the world https://www.statista.com/statistics/627312/worldwide-developer-population/ https://slashdata-website-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/sample_reports/EiWEyM5bfZe1Kug_.pdf machine codes vacuum tube networks
161. #RedHat @holly_cummins professional developers in the world https://www.statista.com/statistics/627312/worldwide-developer-population/ https://slashdata-website-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/sample_reports/EiWEyM5bfZe1Kug_.pdf assembler machine codes vacuum tube networks
162. #RedHat @holly_cummins professional developers in the world https://www.statista.com/statistics/627312/worldwide-developer-population/ https://slashdata-website-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/sample_reports/EiWEyM5bfZe1Kug_.pdf transistor networks assembler machine codes
163. #RedHat @holly_cummins professional developers in the world https://www.statista.com/statistics/627312/worldwide-developer-population/ https://slashdata-website-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/sample_reports/EiWEyM5bfZe1Kug_.pdf transistor networks high-level languages assembler machine codes
164. #RedHat @holly_cummins professional developers in the world https://www.statista.com/statistics/627312/worldwide-developer-population/ https://slashdata-website-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/sample_reports/EiWEyM5bfZe1Kug_.pdf transistor networks high-level languages assembler machine codes libraries
165. #RedHat @holly_cummins professional developers in the world https://www.statista.com/statistics/627312/worldwide-developer-population/ https://slashdata-website-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/sample_reports/EiWEyM5bfZe1Kug_.pdf transistor networks frameworks high-level languages assembler machine codes libraries
166. #RedHat @holly_cummins professional developers in the world https://www.statista.com/statistics/627312/worldwide-developer-population/ https://slashdata-website-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/sample_reports/EiWEyM5bfZe1Kug_.pdf transistor networks frameworks high-level languages assembler machine codes libraries ai coding assistants
167. #RedHat @holly_cummins software is not going away
168. human alarm clock “knocker-up” 1800s - 1940s
169. human alarm clock 1800s - 1940s
170. #RedHat @holly_cummins the more software we have, the more we want
171. #RedHat @holly_cummins
172. #RedHat @holly_cummins software to do stuff
173. #RedHat @holly_cummins software to do stuff software to do more stuff
174. #RedHat @holly_cummins software to do stuff software to do more stuff software to bypass advertisements in the software
175. #RedHat @holly_cummins software to do stuff software to do more stuff software to bypass advertisements in the software software to bypass the bypass software so ads still show
176. #RedHat @holly_cummins software to do stuff software to do more stuff software to bypass advertisements in the software software to bypass the bypass software so ads still show software to monitor the software
177. #RedHat @holly_cummins software to do stuff software to do more stuff software to bypass advertisements in the software software to bypass the bypass software so ads still show software to monitor the software software to debug the software
178. #RedHat @holly_cummins software to do stuff software to do more stuff software to bypass advertisements in the software software to bypass the bypass software so ads still show software to monitor the software software to debug the software software to manage the software
179. #RedHat @holly_cummins software to do stuff software to do more stuff software to bypass advertisements in the software software to bypass the bypass software so ads still show software to monitor the software software to debug the software software to manage the software software to write the software
180. #RedHat @holly_cummins software to do stuff software to do more stuff software to bypass advertisements in the software software to bypass the bypass software so ads still show software to monitor the software software to debug the software software to manage the software software to write the software software to manage the software that writes the software
181. #RedHat @holly_cummins software to do stuff software to do more stuff software to bypass advertisements in the software software to bypass the bypass software so ads still show software to monitor the software software to debug the software software to manage the software software to write the software software to manage the software that writes the software software to try and avoid skynet
182. #RedHat @holly_cummins software to do stuff software to do more stuff software to bypass advertisements in the software software to bypass the bypass software so ads still show software to monitor the software software to debug the software software to manage the software software to write the software software to manage the software that writes the software software to try and avoid skynet software to tell people about software
183. #RedHat @holly_cummins software to do stuff software to do more stuff software to bypass advertisements in the software software to bypass the bypass software so ads still show software to monitor the software software to debug the software software to manage the software software to write the software software to manage the software that writes the software software to try and avoid skynet software to tell people about software software to work out the meaning of life
184. #RedHat @holly_cummins software to do stuff software to do more stuff software to bypass advertisements in the software software to bypass the bypass software so ads still show software to monitor the software software to debug the software software to manage the software software to write the software software to manage the software that writes the software software to try and avoid skynet software to tell people about software software to work out the meaning of life software to gamify software
185. #RedHat @holly_cummins software to do stuff software to do more stuff software to bypass advertisements in the software software to bypass the bypass software so ads still show software to monitor the software software to debug the software software to manage the software software to write the software software to manage the software that writes the software software to try and avoid skynet software to tell people about software software to work out the meaning of life software to gamify software …
186. #RedHat @holly_cummins will the productivity expectation be higher?
187. #RedHat @holly_cummins will the productivity expectation be higher? probably
188. #RedHat @holly_cummins will we spend more time debugging generated code?
189. #RedHat @holly_cummins will we spend more time debugging generated code? probably :)
190. #RedHat @holly_cummins copilot users accepted 30% of its suggestions copilot produced 40% of the codebase
191. #RedHat @holly_cummins copilot users accepted 30% of its suggestions copilot produced 40% of the codebase uh oh, what does that say about the information density?
192. #RedHat @holly_cummins “lines of code” is not a good productivity metric for people. or machines.
193. #RedHat @holly_cummins if code is so boring a machine can predict it, maybe it shouldn’t be there?
194. #RedHat @holly_cummins do we really want software-generated boilerplate?
195. #RedHat @holly_cummins is it inevitable that things get easier?
196. #RedHat @holly_cummins is it inevitable that things get easier? no
197. #RedHat @holly_cummins
198. #RedHat @holly_cummins java 1995
199. #RedHat @holly_cummins java enterprise java beans 1995 1999
200. #RedHat @holly_cummins yaml
201. #RedHat @holly_cummins design to make things easy
202. #RedHat @holly_cummins design to make things easy minimise opportunity for error
203. #RedHat @holly_cummins design to make things easy minimise opportunity for error minimise boilerplate
204. #RedHat @holly_cummins design to make things easy minimise opportunity for error minimise boilerplate minimuse duplication of information
205. #RedHat @holly_cummins design to make things easy minimise opportunity for error minimise boilerplate minimuse duplication of information maximise expressiveness
206. #RedHat @holly_cummins design to make things easy minimise opportunity for error minimise boilerplate minimuse duplication of information maximise expressiveness talk to people (doh!)
207. #RedHat @holly_cummins if ai can save dev time using your thing, maybe you designed your api wrong?
208. #RedHat @holly_cummins challenge assumptions
209. #RedHat @holly_cummins “what if … people didn’t have to do this?”
210. #RedHat @holly_cummins “what if … you didn’t need to configure a database?”
211. #RedHat @holly_cummins example: letting computers to the hard work
212. #RedHat @holly_cummins <dependency> <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId> <artifactId>quarkus-jdbc-postgresql</artifactId> </dependency> pom.xml
213. #RedHat @holly_cummins we see you will be using a database <dependency> <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId> <artifactId>quarkus-jdbc-postgresql</artifactId> </dependency> pom.xml
214. #RedHat @holly_cummins we see you will be using a database we see you do not have one <dependency> <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId> <artifactId>quarkus-jdbc-postgresql</artifactId> </dependency> pom.xml # This config deliberately left empty application.properties
215. #RedHat @holly_cummins we see you will be using a database we see you do not have one <dependency> <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId> <artifactId>quarkus-jdbc-postgresql</artifactId> </dependency> pom.xml # This config deliberately left empty application.properties we’ll just sort one out for you
216. #RedHat @holly_cummins caution: if people expect something to be hard, making it easy can confuse them
217. @holly_cummins #RedHat tl;dpa (too long; didn’t pay attention) shift down, to make shifting left easier coding assistants are great at … typing challenge assumptions + eliminate boilerplate it is awesome being a developer
218. slides thank you Holly Cummins Red Hat https://hollycummins.com/jobs-harder-easier-fosscomm/