Yes, and... programming still matters in the age of AI, with Carson Gross

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Carson Gross discusses the evolving landscape of programming in the context of AI and the importance of foundational coding skills.

Carson Gross, computer science professor at Montana State and creator of htmx, joins the show to cut through the noise around AI and programming. He explains why the jump from high-level languages to LLMs is fundamentally different from past transitions, why junior developers who skip writing code risk being at the mercy of a stochastic system, and why systems architecture and managing code complexity are the skills that will matter most. A grounded, rational take on the future of software development jobs. Links Resources Yes,and...: https://htmx.org/essays/yes-and/ We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend? Fill out our listener survey ! https://t.co/oKVAEXipxu Let us know by sending an email to our producer, Elizabeth, at elizabeth.becz@logrocket.com , or tweet at us at PodRocketPod . Check out our newsletter ! https://blog.logrocket.com/the-replay-newsletter/ Follow us. Get free stickers. Follow us on Apple Podcasts, fill out this form , and we’ll send you free PodRocket stickers! What does LogRocket do? LogRocket provides AI-first session replay and analytics that surfaces the UX and…

People in this episode

Host: LogRocket

Guest: Carson Gross

Topics covered

• AI
• programming
• software development
• junior developers
• systems architecture
• code complexity

Keywords

• AI
• programming
• htmx
• software development
• junior developers
• code complexity
• systems architecture

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LogRocket

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Montana State

Products: htmx

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