#479 – Dave Plummer: Programming, Autism, and Old-School Microsoft Stories

Bullish:

• $PROMPTENG - The future of programming may shift towards higher-level abstractions similar to prompt engineering, potentially creating new opportunities in software development.

  • “I do. I think I don't want to say prompt engineer, but I think it's going be something like that, in the sense that if you're an architect building a bridge, at some point, guys were down there welding beams together, but now you're dragging things around in AutoCAD and assembling from big pre preform sections.”

    Dave·1:56:06
• $CRYPTOAI - AI has the potential to significantly enhance the capabilities of experienced programmers, suggesting a positive outlook for AI tools in software development.

  • “I don't think you can vibe code yourself if you're just new and haven't coded. But if you're a good programmer, AI can make you incredibly powerful.”

    Dave·1:55:02
• $ZIG - The Zig programming language shows competitive performance against C++, potentially indicating future growth in its adoption and development.

  • “Zig, I think, now. Zig? It does it varies. People will make an improvement to the c plus plus and it'll pass for a while, and then the Zig guys will get angry and come back and make it faster.”

    Dave·1:50:45