Episode 35 - The impact of LLMs in software development with Dave Thomas, co-author of the Pragmatic Programmer

The Scripting Den Podcast

In today's episode I got to interview Dave Thomas, co-author of one of the most influential books in our industry: The Pragmatic Programmer.
During the interview, we talk about the potential impact of LLMs (like Claude or ChatGPT) on the software development profession. Will we still be developing in the same way and following the same principles (some of which were actually coined by Dave on his book) in the next 5-10 years?
We attempt to answer that question.
Here are some of the topics we cover, but I encourage you to listen to the whole thing, because Dave is dropping nuggets of wisdom on every one of them.

• Ownership of code in the era of LLMs.
• Learning in the age of AI-driven development.
• Relevance of developers when AI can write the code for you.
• The importance of learning the basics as a developer.
• "Coding as a craft" now that we have AI in the loop.
• The value of developer's time and the implications of AI in that formula.
• Is the curriculum of a developer going to change now that we're using AI-assisted development?

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