Friday Links: Blindfold chess, careful words, and selfies

Hey there. Here are 4 links I thought were worth sharing this week: #1. I’m not a chess player, but chess and coding shared a lot. AI-assisted programming is the opposite of blindfold chess (5min). #2. Are you anti-AI or pro-AI? Here’s a tech shop that refuses to use AI for anything (8min). This line stayed with me: “Only people are intelligent, creative, capable of actual thought. We can’t let this unique gift go to waste.” #3. Do you format your commit messages with hyphens at column 72? Or do you also choose your words wisely? (2min). #4. Experiments keep you alive. If you’re looking for your next experiment, what about taking a selfie a day? (7min). And in case you missed it, I wrote on my blog about how AI has turned us into couriers, not coders (2min). (Bzzz…Radio voice) This email was brought to you by… Street-Smart Coding Manifesto. A case against syntax obsession. Because real impact comes from skills outside your IDE. Keep coding smart. See you next Friday, Cesar