Where AI Meets Code • Michael Feathers • GOTO 2024

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Michael Feathers - Author of “Working Effectively with Legacy Code”

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ABSTRACT
AI is advancing at a rapid pace and it is transforming the way we approach development. This rapid evolution raises a number of questions and concerns regarding safety, process, and the most effective ways to leverage these powerful tools when they work directly with code.

In this talk, Michael Feathers will describe practices that acknowledge the strengths and weaknesses of LLM-based technology. We'll touch on practices related to code and test generation and as well as safe refactoring, design exploration and ideation. This talk is for anyone with development experience who wants to improve their practice. [...]

TIMECODES
00:00 Intro
02:26 The surfacing model
05:01 Context window
08:28 Spectrum of use
10:58 Techniques
11:04 Make projections
14:33 Lensing
16:44 Generalization/Specialization in tooling
18:06 Do "side by sides"
21:05 Create pidgin languages
23:03 Make waywords
29:53 More techniques
31:18 Cost/Risk
34:02 Review fatigue
35:46 Work in small chunks
36:50 Automated testing
39:07 Rigor
43:46 Our trajectory
44:44 Outro

Download slides and read the full abstract here:
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RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Michael Feathers • AI Assisted Programming • https://leanpub.com/ai-assisted-progr...
Michael Feathers • Working Effectively with Legacy Code • https://amzn.to/3ZFQoMU

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