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Danny Ferguson

AI Use Disclaimer

How it is used on this website specifically
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This website makes use of AI for the following:

  • Coding assistance
  • Article thumbnails

What AI does not touch:

  • Article/Page content (except code blocks that may have been generated/commented on by AI for clarity). The actual contents are my own personal words. AI generated scripts/code is always reviewed line-by-line AND tested by myself before being put on an article where others might run it.

My rant on AI
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The verdict is still out on whether AI is a net positive for humanity or not. By AI, I am referring to LLMs specifically and their modern push to be used as agentic workflows.

As a software developer, things are shifting rapidly, and it’s one of those things that you have to make use of if you want to guarantee your skill-set remains in demand.

That being said, I started out very wary of LLMs ever being useful for real development work, but I’ve seen first hand how the modern models are actually able to get work done.

The real differentiator between a lot of the “vibecoded slop” we’re seeing and genuine applications being created and maintained is about who’s in the driver’s seat and how they go about it.

A good developer with years of experience doing things the hard way, building websites and applications from the ground up, from the backend to the database to the frontend and everything in between, will be able to manage an AI in a way where they can move faster and smarter without creating an unmaintainable nightmare (both code and security wise).

A lot of fear of AI comes from people who see the product of folks that have zero experience building software just throw together with AI tools, with zero concern for security and their users’ data. This wouldn’t be a problem if people only did this for low-impact projects to have fun or learn. They become a problem when they’re used to create applications that have a real impact on people and that store sensitive/personal user information. At that point it’s reckless to deploy things you do not have a clue about and even worse if you try to hide it.

So with all of that being said, I am now team “Use AI where it makes sense”. And plan to give other developers making use of these tools the benefit of the doubt on whether their use of AI makes their product unsafe for my use. It’s all about who’s in the driver’s seat and their judgment abilities.