The Bottleneck is Not Where You Think

(This post was written by a human. AI did no writing, only brainstorming) Something unprecedented is happening in software and how we build it. As a quick example, at Monarch, a few months ago, most of the code we written was written by hand, with maybe 20% written by AI. And the code written byContinue reading “The Bottleneck is Not Where You Think”

A Step Behind the Bleeding Edge: Monarch’s Philosophy on AI in Dev

This is a memo I published internally to my team at Monarch. I’m sharing it more publicly in case it helps other software engineering teams that are managing the crazy times we’re experiencing. This essay made the front page of HackerNews and had a great discussion around it. There’s no question: AI is changing howContinue reading “A Step Behind the Bleeding Edge: Monarch’s Philosophy on AI in Dev”

AInxiety — AI is Awesome but It’s Fucking Exhausting

I’m a big fan of LLMs, and have incorporated generative AI into many parts of my professional and personal lives. In other words, I’m not an AI skeptic by any means. But I’ve noticed that I am, like almost everyone around me, feeling AI anxiety and fatigue. I thought I’d try to disentangle the feelingsContinue reading “AInxiety — AI is Awesome but It’s Fucking Exhausting”