Boring is Thrilling

April 1, 2025  ·  26 min 47 sec

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When Rich asks Paul for a report from the AI-coding trenches, Paul brings news: AI is boring now! And that’s a good thing. As the novelty of the technology wears off and the pace of advancement stabilizes, it’s getting easier and easier to actually get work done. Plus: Paul gets nerdy (well, even nerdier than normal) and walks through the specifics of the data-migration project he’s working on to show how AI’s boring turn is affecting real-word software work. 

Show Notes

  • Clay Shirky was on the podcast in February.
  • That’s IPEDS—the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.

Transcript

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