Sebastian Schürmann articles - 33 total
20 Questions to Ask an LLM About Your Codebase (That You Probably Won't Like the Answers To)
LLM generated or not. Stop letting a machine generate only the words that you want to hear and start...
I Was So Angry, I Built My Own Workshop Platform
Sometimes the breaking point comes not from a single catastrophic failure, but from the slow...
Why I Won't Pay to Train Your Model: A Developer's Farewell to Replit
*A hard look at effort-based pricing and the hidden cost of being a paying beta tester * Let me be...
Rapid Application Prototyping with LLMs
The traditional software development cycle—requirements, design, implementation, testing—often...
Extreme Left Shifting
Left shifting refers to moving software development lifecycle activities to earlier stages in the...
Open-Source & Cyber Resilience Act - Differing opinions aside
The European Union's Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is set to introduce a new regulatory framework for...
Pair Programming against Agentic Dementia
Facing the challenges of AI-assisted development with a collaborative solution In my previous...
Agentic "Agile"
Let's be honest: the "ceremonies" and processes of Agile can often feel like a drag. The endless...
13 Years, a Walz, and a Relaunch: My Pair Programming Workshop is Back
I just checked the calendar and did the math. It turns out this project is one year faster than it...
Implementation Decisions: Replit's Approach vs. Technical Requirements
In a recent blog post titled "I Was So Angry, I Built My Own", I articulated the frustrations that...
Trying to get s*** done with an LLM
I had a goal: to create a command-line interface (CLI) for a well-known API I was using at work....
I Was So Angry, I Built My Own
Frustration often breeds innovation. After years of wrestling with project management tools that...
Counter Declining Long-Term Attention Span caused by LLM usage
In our rush to embrace the productivity benefits of Large Language Models (LLMs), we've overlooked a...
The Quiet Crisis: How is AI Eroding Our Technical Competence?
We are likely witnessing a quiet crisis in our technical teams. While we celebrate the productivity...
The Unseen Walls: My View from the YouTube Sidelines
"Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress." - Mahatma Gandhi. I saw that quote the...
Navigating Crisis: The Story of Los Wochos
Today I stumbled over ...... "Influence didn’t have to look like volume or certainty. It could...
The AI Double-Edged Sword: Are We Trading Critical Thinking for Convenience?
"Artificial Intelligence" is transforming our workplaces. For consulting firms, the promise of...
Decoding Your DevOps Team: A Peek with Schein's Culture Model
Ever wondered what really makes your DevOps team tick, or sometimes, stumble? Beyond the CI/CD...
Pair Programming Shorts: Capture Improvement Ideas
What it is: Brainstorming concrete actions or experiments to address the specific interaction...
Pair Programming Shorts: Analyse Pairing Strategies & Interactions
What it is: Examining the specific techniques and interaction patterns your pair uses to achieve a...
Pair Programming Shorts: Prioritise Pairing Goals
What it is: The first step in improving pairing is identifying why you're doing it. What are the most...
Pair Programming Shorts: Key Interaction Areas
What it is: Successful pairing involves focusing on specific interaction areas beyond just coding,...
Dora + Kanban + RelativeWeight = <3
DevOps is a deliberate attempt towards delivering better software faster and more reliably. Often,...
Applying Sennett's Trio to Software Architecture – Localise, Question, Open Up
Software development, particularly software architecture, is often discussed in terms of engineering...
Agentic Dementia
Let's be clear: agentic LLMs for coding support and research are phenomenal. Tools that can...
Vanilla Standards Vibes
The web development landscape is constantly evolving, with frameworks like React, Vue, and Angular...
The AI Coding Craze: Are We Dumbing Down, or Just Speeding Up?
The internet is buzzing about AI code generators, and while the initial excitement is understandable,...
Dienst Nach Vorschrift? Maybe It's Time We Look in the Mirror, Not at the Workforce
Disclaimer: Author had and failed at several leadership roles, at several management levels in the...
Vibecoding hacks
Okay, let's ditch the bullet points and LinkedIn-speak. Vibe Coding, at its core, is about building a...
A little trick for 'Agentic Software Workflows'
While working on the next version of the Pair-Programming Workshop, I recently tackled the task of...