Things I wish I knew

Thank you for attending my talk! If you have any thoughts, feedback, or followup questions, you can always reach out to me via brendt@stitcher.io.

Here you'll find all relevant links and references:

• Things I wish I knew when I started programming — my newly published book, sharing many stories and lessons from the almost two decades I've been programming.
• Does AI Actually Boost Developer Productivity? — a very accessible talk from one of the researchers at the Standford team.
• The Hater's Guide to AI — a one-hour long essay diving deep into the topic of AI's sustainability in the long run.
• What happens if AI is a bubble? — a balanced 5-minute read about whether AI is currently a bubble or not, and what would happen if it were.
• How much does it cost to train frontier AI models? — a paper detailing the costs that come with training AI models.
• How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills — a study by Anthropic.
• The AI boom: rational enthusiasm or the next dot-com bubble? — a blog post by the European Central Bank.