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Knowledge is Eventually Consistent // Devin Stein // MLOps Podcast #335

Knowledge is Eventually Consistent // Devin Stein // MLOps Podcast #335

Devin Stein, CEO of Dosu, discusses a new paradigm for knowledge management where an AI agent learns from code, conversations, and tickets to create an 'eventually consistent' knowledge base. The conversation explores the lifecycle of facts, the challenges of agent interaction, and the future of documentation in a world of collaborating AI agents.

Reading Code Effectively: An Overlooked Developer Skill • Marit van Dijk & Hannes Lowette

Reading Code Effectively: An Overlooked Developer Skill • Marit van Dijk & Hannes Lowette

Marit van Dijk and Hannes Lowette discuss why reading code is a critical, yet underdeveloped, skill for software developers. They explore research-backed strategies like structured code reading clubs, leveraging modern IDEs and AI assistants to comprehend complex codebases, and the importance of empathy in code reviews. The conversation emphasizes using tests as documentation and writing clear commit messages to improve collaboration and long-term maintainability.