March 2023
59m
English
video
Software Development Hour with Sam Newman: Using AI-Assisted Tools to Learn Programming Skills with Simon Willison
by Sam Newman, Simon Willison
Closed Captioning available in German, English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)
Overview
Join us for a special conversation with Sam Newman and Datasette creator Simon Willison, who’ll discuss using large language models to support self-guided learning of new programming languages and other skills. A language model such as GPT-3 can act as a sort of super-smart-and-super-dumb teaching assistant: you can ask it questions and follow-up questions, and if you get your questions right, it can genuinely help you build a good mental model of the topic at hand. You’ll also hear about some of the ways that Simon is able to maintain 185 different open source projects at the same time.
What you’ll learn and how you can apply it- Learn what really matters for software design
- Find out what’s coming next for software development
- You want the chance to hear from Sam Newman and Simon Willison about software development.
- You need help tackling a new programming language or other skill.
Recommended follow-up:
- Read Fluent Python, second edition (book)
- Explore O’Reilly’s Django Sandbox
- Watch Software Development Superstream: Becoming a Senior Software Engineer (live event video)