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ChatGPT Changed How I Write Software
Generative AI has completely changed the way I approach software design. I don’t think I could ever go back.
AI is buzzing right now. All my social media feeds are about some new thing you can do with ChatGPT plugins or showing off a new photo created by generative AI. I’ll be honest, it’s pretty cool to see and I’m not mad about it.
The tech community seems to have gone on all-in on this AI gold rush. With new software, features, and enhancements popping up every day we have quickly found ourselves in a “sink or swim” moment. Do we embrace all the new advancements and see how development changes? Do we ignore it and hope it goes away? What about something in the middle?
If we look at the adoption bell curve for AI above, I’d estimate we’re still somewhat at the beginning of the early adopter phase. Lots of people are making noise about it online, but not many of us are actually using it in production.
That said, AI’s time will come when it’s commonplace to see it in everything. It’s not something we’ll specifically notice, it will be assumed to be there and make…
