Paul Sobocinski @sobes

Engineering Director @thoughtworks. Breaking production code since '04. “Short cuts make long delays.” Opinions are my own; more on my blog 👇 spikes.sobes.co Toronto, Canada Joined March 2008

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Paul Sobocinski @sobes

8 months ago

@ThatEricAlper Nice example of confirmation bias

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@pli_cachete The first rocket version still had to be built well enough to work (i.e. get payloads to orbit). What you point out is iterative refinement based on optimizing feedback loops, which is a universal concept in modern engineering (but especially critical in software).

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Toronto’s Global Day of Coderetreat @gdcrTO

2 years ago

We’re all set for #coderetreat today. Are you? #gdcr2024 PS: don’t forget your laptop!

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Paul Sobocinski @sobes

2 years ago

#LeadDevNewYork is a wrap! To all the organizers, speakers, and attendees — thank you for an unforgettable experience! 🙌

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Paul Sobocinski @sobes

2 years ago

An under-estimated skill! #LeadDev2024

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Paul Sobocinski @sobes

2 years ago

Jason Wodicka’s tools for giving help #LeadDevNewYork

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Paul Sobocinski @sobes

2 years ago

“Iceberg requests” … im totally stealing this @yaphi1 ! #LeadDevNewYork

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Paul Sobocinski @sobes

2 years ago

Product roadmaps really being, “Something with X” for decades. Ain’t that the truth. #LeadDev

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Paul Sobocinski @sobes

2 years ago

Hypotheses, not features! #LeadDev

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2 years ago

#LeadDev inclusive / welcoming vibes ❤️

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Paul Sobocinski @sobes

2 years ago

@allenholub If they band together with like-minded co-workers, they might have leverage on how their education budget is spent. On the other hand I don’t see how they’d ever get leverage on an organizational change budget, which is probably what you are gunning for.

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Paul Sobocinski @sobes

2 years ago

I never ask for permission to refactor. But I often ask for help. Don’t confuse asking for help with asking for permission.

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Paul Sobocinski @sobes

2 years ago

Silos happen when the person... - Good at the thing - Responsible for the thing - Doing the thing ... is the same person. Collaboration means that these can be different people. It requires that people can be trusted to do things right and ask for help when they need it.

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Paul Sobocinski @sobes

2 years ago

Therefore, the core of what we do as software developers will not change. We won't be replaced. How we do software development, however, will change radically. And LLM-powered AI tools will be pivotal in this change. More on this to come! 9/9

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Paul Sobocinski @sobes

2 years ago

Consequently, we’ll still need humans who can exist outside the system while simultaneously being deeply involved inside the system. Only in this way can software developers effectively reflect on and adjust both the problem being solved and how it’s being solved. 8/9

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Paul Sobocinski @sobes

2 years ago

A programming language optimized for LLMs to write and maintain would be very terse, to maximize the lines of code that can fit inside of an LLM's context window. It could look like minified JS or something else entirely. Source code would become indecipherable to humans. 6/9