Dev Nuggets

  Last night at the BCIT Arena (a.k.a. BCIT Vancouver Downtown Campus), I had the honour of being the opening band . And what a night it was. I debuted my latest “single” in the AI genre:  WORKS Commons — inspired by my job-hunting adventures and powered by AI to help me cope with interview prep, skill gaps, and the occasional sorrow. I was scheduled for a tight 10-minute set. When I asked the audience to keep time, they kindly informed me I had already played… 18 minutes. When I sing, I sing. The Headliner The main act of the evening was Jasmin Goh , who delivered an electrifying performance on building an AI Agent through the core concepts of AG-UI . She had the crowd hooked with chart-toppers like: Build a Working AI Agent as a .NET CLI Application The unforgettable Blazor Web Application Synthesizer And of course, the crowd-favorite encore: Consuming Agent Notes in Real Time The energy in the arena was fantastic. Curious minds. Smart questions. Real de...

Introduction I posted this on LinkedIn today. It is not 100% corporate-oriented. In fact, it has nothing to do with the spirit of the platform.  My intention was to reach those feeling the "pinch" to offer them my vision and understanding of what we are witnessing today means. The Post My daily feed is full of posts telling me what “AI” has “done.” My response to that is: Do not be afraid, embrace it. This is what I think. At this very moment, humanity is in the middle of a Revolution. Every home has books, tons of them. Many years ago, humanity had a decent profession: the scribes. Their job was to write books by hand. Generations depended on these scribers.  Then the printing press was invented, and they had to reinvent themselves. The result was that more books were printed, newspapers appeared, and information reached a wider audience. People learned to read. Amazing. Centuries passed, and industrialists made a big push, which climaxed with the Industrial Revolu...