https://josprague.com/posts/Recent content in Posts on Jo Sprague - Senior Software EngineerHugoen-usFri, 28 Feb 2025 13:13:45 +0700https://josprague.com/posts/ai-limits/Sat, 22 Feb 2025 23:44:26 +0700https://josprague.com/posts/ai-limits/<p>AI is revolutionizing software development. It can do many tasks better and faster than human developers, and it&rsquo;s getting better at an exponential rate.</p> <p>So why is it a mistake to think companies no longer need human developers?</p> <p>No matter how good AI gets, there will always be some fundamental AI shortcomings:</p> <p>Vision and Strategy: AI can implement ideas, but it can&rsquo;t conceive them. Essentially, it&rsquo;s a fancy calculator, but there still needs to be someone pushing the buttons, deciding what to build, and telling the AI to build it. Without a human developer to envision solutions to business challenges and create a plan to build them, your company&rsquo;s vision and strategy will stagnate.</p>https://josprague.com/posts/ai-enhanced/Fri, 07 Feb 2025 23:46:57 +0700https://josprague.com/posts/ai-enhanced/<p>✨ Just Built: AI-Enhanced Dating Conversation Starter: Using AI to enhance human connection rather than replace it</p> <p>After 16 years of full-stack development (including work with NASA and other mission-driven organizations), I want to build something that combines my technical experience with my passion to create space for humans to express themselves authentically and connect with each other.</p> <p>Watch this demo video of a dating app feature I built that uses fine-tuned LLMs (DeepSeek-R1) to help people discover meaningful common ground based on what they wrote in their profile.</p>