The Art & Science of Ruby

It was February 2026 when I realised that software development had completely changed and I essentially stopped writing code by hand.

The other day I was saying I was bored and confused with the role of software developer.

I’m bored.

I really enjoyed this fable of the product that’s built too quickly.

Photo by Cash Macanaya on Unsplash This is a bit of a rant.

Many years ago I remember seeing an interview with Linus Torvalds, where he said “… and that change is to keep the weird folks, like the rubyists, happy”.

So I currently have three clankers working for me, currently, all built using Claude Code.

I've been using mockdown a lot recently.

This is Winston Fathead.

When I was a kid I always wanted to be a creative type.

This video shows my current process for enhancing an existing feature using Claude Code.

Quoting Nilesh Jasani The speed of this pivot was breathtaking.

I got my first "professional" software development job in 1998.

Writing code with LLMs (February 2026 edition) At the start of the year, I said to Mahhek, a fellow developer "you need to learn how to use these coding agents - because what you and I do will not exist, as a job, by the end of the year".

The other day, I asked Cher, my OpenClaw instance if it could read my email and notify me if something important came in.

The Jobs Crisis My job, as I have known it for the past twenty-five years, is no more.

Now, when it comes to technology, I'm actually pretty conservative.

More family stuff to deal with.

(Published a few days after week two).

Claude builds a UI I did a sketch on my iPad, showing a dashboard in both desktop and mobile layouts.

I've never written an annual review before.