An Engineer with AI

The original graphic produced via a Sourcetoad EmployeeIn the early part of 2026 I gave a talk at a local meetup about how I am using AI in the workplace. That was 9 months ago and it's a bit crazy the trajectory we are on and how much AI I leverage in the day to day.If I started with the morning of work I normally roll into the office with anywhere from 80 to 200 unread emails. Thankfully most of those emails are just the GitHub notification emails from changes from our Australia office from their day and our night. I can skim subject lines and quickly see the files changed directly from the email so I know if it's anything I want to go visit (CI/CD changes, package changes, Docker changes, etc). I'm sure AI could help here, but with keyboard shortcuts 10 minutes every morning isn't the end of the world.Gemini SummaryWhat remains after that is mostly client emails that Google (Gemini) has summarized on top. In the beginning I really hated that AI was taking up vertical screen space…