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I’m a veteran software engineer with more than 25 years of experience, ranging from coding Unix applications in C to crafting sleek .NET solutions and even blockchain and cryptographic solutions. Along the way, I’ve dabbled in everything from writing Windows drivers to streaming desktops as video feeds, game development, and now I’m exploring gRPC and Google Cloud hosting. When I’m not banging out code, I’m probably wrangling tech quirks or pondering the mysteries of management decisions and direction of technology in general.

 

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Do you use a hammer to drive a screw?

By Matt Raffel on May 14, 2026

I feel like most of the complaints about AI are from people who fit into one of two categories.

1. they expect AI to be this end of all solutions that just magically does everything right, every time.
2. they have disdain for AI and are ...

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