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Introduction

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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Why AI is the Best Thing to Happen to Developer Jobs

By Matt Raffel on July 06, 2026

For quite a while, the tech industry has been in a slow-rotting state of malaise—not because tools, processes, or collaboration mechanisms are inherently bad, but because we've elevated them to ends in themselves. Perhaps that is about to change, for the good of the industry.

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