{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"From &quot;AI mid-life crisis&quot; to the &quot;time of my life&quot; | Steve Yegge (Sourcegraph)","description":"A Silicon Valley veteran and known for his writings like &quot;The Death of the Junior Developer&quot;, Steve Yegge joins the show to chat about his &quot;AI Midlife Crisis&quot;, the unique writing process he employs, and building the future of coding assistants. &amp;nbsp; Segments: (00:00:00) The AI Midlife Crisis (00:04:53) The power of rants (00:09:55) \u201cYou gotta be able to make yourself laugh\u201d (00:11:46) Steve's writing process (00:14:10) \u201cI published them\u2026 and nothing happened for six months\u201d (00:17:30) Key to perseverance in writing? Get pissed. (00:23:24) Writing in one sitting (00:29:05) The AI Midlife Crisis (00:35:04) Management to IC (00:38:35) The acceleration and evolution of programming (00:41:43) Picking up new skills in a new domain (00:43:40) The power of prompt engineering (00:47:27) Secondary hashing (00:50:47) The importance of context in coding assistants (00:53:56) \u201cThe future of coding assistants is chat\u201d (00:57:15) The importance of platforms in coding assistants (01:02:30) The nefarious T-word in AI (01:06:32) The death of the junior developer and its consequences (01:09:35) The future of code understanding and semantic indexing (01:13:15) The power of context in AI platforms (01:16:21) Surprising capabilities of LLMs (01:21:04) Transferable skills in AI product development (01:23:53) Mental health and the innovator's dilemma &amp;nbsp; Show Notes  The Death of the Junior Developer: https:\/\/sourcegraph.com\/blog\/the-death-of-the-junior-developer Steve\u2019s blog rants: https:\/\/steve-yegge.blogspot.com\/  Steve\u2019s medium posts: https:\/\/steve-yegge.medium.com\/  Sourcegraph\u2019s blog: https:\/\/sourcegraph.com\/blog  Steve on twitter: https:\/\/x.com\/steve_yegge  &amp;nbsp; Stay in touch: \ud83d\udc4b Make Ronak\u2019s day by leaving us a review and let us know who we should talk to next! hello@softwaremisadventures.com &amp;nbsp; Music: Vlad Gluschenko \u2014 Forest License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported: https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/deed.en ","author_name":"Software Misadventures","author_url":"https:\/\/softwaremisadventures.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/32752237\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/054760\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/176899047"}