[Read More]‘We shape our tools and thereafter they shape us.’ — Marshall McLuhan
We Build The Tools That Shape Society
The Split Is Real. Here's How to Build It Right
The early web had a magic to it. Anyone could build something. A teacher. A farmer. A kid in typing class stumbling onto HyperCard. Then the tools got complicated and most of those people disappeared. AI is bringing them back. And if we build the right foundations, this time they get to stay.
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How Engineers Actually Work With AI: The Power Tool Spectrum
I often liken different modes of working with AI to power tools. A hand saw, a jigsaw, a table saw, and a chainsaw can all cut wood — but you wouldn’t use a chainsaw to build a dovetail joint, and you wouldn’t use a hand saw to clear a forest. The same intuition applies to AI-assisted development, and I think the industry is just now starting to develop a shared language for it.
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