Scott Hanselman 👸🏽🐝🌮

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Last year Mark Russinovich and I wrote a paper on how Software Engineering will redefine the profession, and how early in career engineers may see an “AI Drag,” while seniors will see a significant boost. This paper was published today in the Communications of the ACM, Association for Computing Machinery

The real story though, is that we propose a program where companies must invest deeply in our EiC pipeline, not just hiring juniors but giving them formal *preceptors* (modeled after nursing) such that we create a strong pipeline of new senior engineers to take on the coming industry challenges.

Please read and share if it resonates with you!

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3779312

You vibed an app, for an audience of one. Add it to Tiny Tool Town.

But You know what Tiny Tool Town REALLY needed?

*TIKTOK MODE*

Why not mindlessly scroll awesome vibe coded apps rather than videos? Maybe one will help you or someone else!

go hit **https://tinytooltown.com** and tap "SHORTS" for TikTok/Shorts/Reels Mode

Had an amazing two days speaking to thousands of developers on how to navigate the uncertain future.

One thing that really struck me though was the number of times people said things like I read your book in high school or I learned this language from your video, and now these folks are senior engineers at big companies

I’ve only been doing this for like what, five years? Crazy 👴

Virtual Desktops on Windows aren't used enough. Mac has the "maximize to Virtual Desktop" button so I did a similar thing for Windows. Please go test it and file issues. SHIFT-CLICK on the Maximize button will maximize a window to a new Virtual Desktop. Also a hotkey. https://github.com/shanselman/MaximizeToVirtualDesktop/releases/tag/v0.0.1

So this happened…

Remember: They’re not conscious!

Had a great time on CBS today talking about AI agents, how they operate, and more! Special appearance by Reachy

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/tech-executive-explains-how-ai-agents-can-complete-tasks-but-warns-against-too-much-access/

Hey friends, the baby that I made Baby Smash for is going to turn 21 this year. So I updated with it an all new website, installer, new .net 10 code base, and code signed executable. Please test it. Code on Github http://babysmash.com