I just want to code (Changelog News #142)

Changelog Master Feed

Zach Bellay tells us about the devil and the angel on his shoulders, Pete Koomen thinks today’s AI apps are like horseless carriages, Hyperwood is an open source system for crafting furniture from simple wooden slats, Scott Antipa agrees with YAGNI but adds YAGRI & Antony Henao debunks three common myths that get engineers stuck.

View the newsletter

Join the discussion

Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!

Sponsors:

• Heroku – The Next Generation of Heroku “Fir” is coming soon — Fir is built on a foundation of cloud native technologies and open source standards, ensuring portability, interoperability, and a vibrant ecosystem for your applications. Cloud Native for everyone, for the next decade and beyond.

Featuring:

• Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Chapters

1. What up, perturbed nerds? (00:00:00)

2. I just want to code (00:00:48)

https://www.zachbellay.com/daily/i-just-want-to-code/?utm_source=changelog-news

3. AI horseless carriages (00:01:50)

https://koomen.dev/essays/horseless-carriages/?utm_source=changelog-news

4. Open source furniture (00:02:48)

https://hyperwood.org/?utm_source=changelog-news

5. Sponsor: Heroku (00:03:30)

https://blog.heroku.com/planting-new-platform-roots-cloud-native-fir?utm_source=changelog&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=changelog-news

6. YAGRI: you are gonna read it (00:04:29)

https://www.scottantipa.com/yagri?utm_source=changelog-news

7. Three myths that keep engineers stuck (00:05:27)

https://utopianengineeringsociety.substack.com/p/the-three-myths-that-keep-engineers?utm_source=changelog-news

8. That's the news for now (00:06:21)

https://changelog.com/beats