Fragments: December 16

Gitanjali Venkatraman does wonderful illustrations of complex subjects (which is why I was so happy to work with her on our Expert Generalists article). She has now published the latest in her series of illustrated guides: tackling the complex topic of Mainframe Modernization In it she illustrates the history and value of mainframes, why modernization is so tricky, and how to tackle the problem by breaking it down into tractable pieces. I love the clarity of her explanations, and smile frequently at her way of enhancing her words with her quirky pictures. ❄                ❄                ❄                ❄                ❄ Gergely Orosz on social media Unpopular opinion: Current code review tools just don’t make much sense for AI-generated code When reviewing code I really want to know: The prompt made by the dev What corrections the other dev made to the code Clear marking of code AI-generated not changed by a human Some people pushed back saying they don’t (and shouldn’t care) wheth