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Trust Comes from the Sherpa
From Code Monkey to Context Sherpa: how AI is reshaping the role of the software engineer from solo climber to group tour guide.
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Daniel Kirschner
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The Real UX Behind Every AI Tool Isn’t Intelligence - It's Trust
From Assistance to Autopilot: Why AI Products Rise or Fall on Trust
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Daniel Kirschner
Not Quite Software
LLMs aren’t apps, APIs, or assistants - and the metaphors we use to talk about software are breaking down
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Daniel Kirschner
Shifting the Blocks: How AI is Changing Developer Abstractions
From tab-completion tweaks to entire features: four practical ways AI reshapes software engineering today.
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Daniel Kirschner
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Build Better AI Prompts: The 6 Blocks Every Engineer Should Know
Simple blocks, repeatable structure, and feedback from the AI peanut gallery.
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Daniel Kirschner
ChatGPT: the Pragmatic Editor
Will rewrite your design spec for clarity before you've finished explaining it.
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Daniel Kirschner
Gemini: the Cognitive Scientist
Thinks in flowcharts, cites its sources, and silently judges your search history.
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Daniel Kirschner
Grok: the Exhaustive Technician
Finds edge cases you didn’t test, fixes them with duct tape, and calls your design “mid.”
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Daniel Kirschner
Claude: The Strategic Analyst
Leaves 42 comments on your prompt design, all correct, all politely phrased, none skippable.
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Daniel Kirschner

May 2025

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