I gave a talk last Tuesday at the local JavaScript user group, RVA.js, about Continuous Delivery. I recorded the talk and put online for those who couldn’t make it. Description and supporting links below the video.
Category: JavaScript
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My Past 1 Year+ with AWS Cognito
I’ve heard some people complain about AWS Cognito’s complexity, but I’ve had the opposite experience. I’ve never done on-boarding before, and every project I’ve ever been on, or near, on-boarding was always a horror show, both in UI, ability to debug, and stability.
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3 Things I Learned from the past 2 1/2 Years
2 1/2 years ago, I wanted to work with my favorite technologies, work with people in person, and deliver software every day to users. I achieved those goals, learned a ton, and at the cost of massive salary/bonus cuts. I’ve thought about, “could I have just paid that amount of money for training/schooling instead” and I don’t think so.
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GitHub Copilot Research Finds “Downward Pressure on Code Quality”
Choice quotes from this Copilot research on GitHub:
- using Copilot is strongly correlated with mistake code being pushed to the repo
- current implementation of AI Assistants discourages code reuse
- we have entered an era where code lines are being added faster than ever before. The better question for 2024: who’s on the hook to clean up the mess afterward
- code generated during 2023 more resembles an itinerant contributor, prone to violate the DRY-ness of the repos visited
https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2024/01/25/copilot-research.aspx
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