276: Masonry and Mental Health

There's never been a better time to build software, and that might be a problem. Each skill you hand the AI makes the next one easier, each task you offload frees you to start three more, yet somehow we're working more than ever. This week we discuss building out our skills, and how to tell when it's time to close the laptop.

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Mentioned in this episode:

• Matt Pocock's code-review skill — the two-axis review skill Adam's is based on.
• ub-mode — Uncle Bob's agent skill for CRAP scores, mutation testing and duplication checks.
• The CRAP metric — how complexity and test coverage combine into one risk score.
• Gherkin reference — the Given/When/Then syntax for acceptance tests.
• Black & White 1 Decompilation — the community decompilation of Lionhead's 2001 god game.
• Reverse centaurs — Cory Doctorow on humans working as a machine's assistant.

With audio editing and engineering by ZCross Media.

Full show notes and transcript here.