Speaking from experience — with a second chance in a software leadership position — In my early software development career, with much hard work, I am very fortunate to become a software manager relatively early. Being relatively young and naive as a new manager, my focus has been on commitments and project deliveries. Still, I did well and climbed the management ladder to become…

It’s not too late to restart your software development career at 40 — Someone once told me, “At 35 if you are still a programmer, consider starting looking for some other options for the next half of your career. The younger generation is catching up, and soon you’ll be obsolete.” True enough, at 35, I did start to reflect on what I was…

The more we’ve learned, the more we’ve realized there’s so much more to learn — As developers, the longer we’re on the job, the more experience we gain. Eventually, we may even become the go-to person on our team or in our organization, seen as the technical guru of our field. At this level, we get a self-esteem boost, which is positive. But at times…

A tertiary education is important but some things look even better on a resume — Don’t get me wrong — a tertiary education is important, especially if you attend a school that is closely linked with the industry. It usually provides good pointers and sound fundamentals of what computer science is. However, in the internet-driven world we live in, if you want to start your…

Have ChatGPT API be a more meaningful interface for developers — In my previous share, we can understand the basics of ChatGPT API. In a simplified view, it looks like something below. A chatbot.

Empowering developers with more powerful ChatGPT capability — Everybody is talking about ChatGPT. It is mostly used to synthesize information, inquire, and even help with coding guides. Some think it could be a replacement for the search engine. Something Possibly Better than StackOverflow and Google Search is Coming Not only it gives you the answer directly, but it also codes for you!elye-project.medium.com

Understand How Android Support for Older Android SDK Made Possible — Imagine if you need to use LocalDate.now() for your App, and you need to support older than Android SDK 26 version, you will not have the code working by default. If you put on your compiler, it will warn you as Call requires API level 26 (current min is 12)…

Just instruct the AI what you want to write, and you’ll get the first draft ready in 5 seconds — Earlier this month, at Google IO 2023, Google announced it will have AI linked to many of its features, which includes Gmail. For Gmail, previously it already has Smart Reply and Smart Compose. This year, the new addition is Help Me Write!

Leveraging its existing technology and ecosystem with AI to be back in the AI race — December last year, my finding on ChatGPT impressed me. I feel it could be a treat to some big companies, including Google. Something Possibly Better than StackOverflow and Google Search is Coming Not only it gives you the answer directly, but it also codes for you!elye-project.medium.com I suspected that this year Google IO, the focus will definitely be on AI, in response to the ChatGPT. …