The Distance of the Moon by Italo Calvino is such a wonderful short story.

Thinking about availability bias and how it affects the way that we program. substack.com/home/post/p-13…

Is 2024 the year that you really wrangle that old code and start doing something new with it? Martin Fowler has a good post on finding seams (with shout out to Michael Feathers) in your legacy code to better support tests, and more. martinfowler.com/bliki/LegacySe…

Arthur Whitney's one page implementation of J is a interesting test case for AI based refactoring / code understanding. nsl.com/papers/origins…

Fast Ideation and (Code) Generation - A Note about AI open.substack.com/pub/michaelfea…

Notice for anyone in Tokyo. I'll be doing a workshop on June 6th 2024 itpreneurs.co.jp/event/20240606…

A few thoughts about AI-based code generation. michaelfeathers.substack.com/p/the-ai-hot-d…

We know the world. AI has only heard of the world.

Recency Bias or Cognitive Load? open.substack.com/pub/michaelfea…

No Code. No Problem? Some thoughts about the limitations of no-code solutions. Understand them and you've found their proper place. michaelfeathers.substack.com/p/no-code-no-p…

AI-based code generation has risks. We can sidestep this issue and use it to help us understand code. Here I describe a technique I use called lensing - forming conceptualizations of system responsibilities at several scales. open.substack.com/pub/michaelfea…

The Unstable Ground of Precision in AI open.substack.com/pub/michaelfea…

Seminar: Where AI Meets Code I'll be running a free seminar within the next few weeks. Join to hear and share thoughts about the state of tooling and how to safely and effectively use it. michaelfeathers.substack.com/p/seminar-wher…

Modifying the Rough and Re-Reasoning From Zero - Managing Development Workflow in Generative Chat Sessions open.substack.com/pub/michaelfea…

New article open.substack.com/pub/michaelfea…

This week we wrap up our discussion of “Working Effectively with Legacy Code” by Michael Feathers! Some great discussions about the past legacy projects we’ve worked on and how the attitude you bring to work makes a huge difference! youtu.be/tLC-o8pHclc?si…

Had a lot of fun talking to the hosts of Book Overflow. Great resource.

Join the conversation about improving developer productivity. Register for the free Bridges Summit. bridges-summit.org/speakers Conversation leaders include: Kent Beck 🌻, Dave Thomas, Michael Feathers, Jessica Kerr, me, and so many other wonderful speakers.

Fun conversation with Len Epp, co-founder of Leanpub. We discussed the impact of AI on programming, the use of words in technical work and teams, unnamed concepts, writing process and more. youtu.be/y64abWxhWqo