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AI Pair Programming: Navigating the Hype and Reality
TL;DR In this exploration of AI-powered development, I leveraged Aider with Claude as a pair programming assistant to build a transaction categorizer. Despite the iterative process involving occasional slowdowns and needed refinements, the collaboration yielded surprisingly robust results. By containerizing Aider and integrating the Anthropic API, I developed a sophisticated tool with capabilities that would…
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quick update
A long overdue update from my side. As mentioned in previous post I got married last year. Next to that this year we welcomed a newborn daughter. So my life changed a lot the last 12 months. Update on my path to financial independence We saved a bit less than the goal (25%) of last…
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Review 2015, plans 2016
Has another year really flown by? My Calendar definitely says yes. So it is time to look back at 2015 and make plans for 2016.
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Is income equality in companies a key to success?
After the TED talk by Richard Wilkinson about life expectancy and income (in)equality I wonder if the same correlation exists in companies.
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Developer certificates are similar to triple A ratings
Maybe it is a far-fetched comparison but to me developer certificates (e.g. the Sun Java Certified Programmer) are quite similar to the triple A ratings issued by companies like S&P. Let me try to explain why I think they are similar.