Farid Yusof's Blog

Hey! I just want to share my personal opinion on AI, vibe coding, and its effect on software engineers. A friend from a UK company asked me:

I don’t know in which direction it’s going (the AI). But overall what do you think about the software industry moving forward?

First, I wasn’t sure whether he was asking about the “industry” or “software engineers.” And honestly, I don’t think AI would hurt the “industry” — as a matter of fact, it’s actually empowering it.

Early Feedback Loop

At most places I’ve worked before, we were conditioned to complete tasks entirely - PR, deploy to stage or testing environment - and only then would we get feedback from the “Product Team” / “QA” team.

I started becoming interested in computers when I was very young. Back then, I still remember using Windows 3.1. Although the main purpose was just to play Prince of Persia, I kept tinkering with other things too. Calculator, PaintBrush, and whatever I could explore.

As a kid, I really loved playing games. To the point where my parents would get angry because I was always gaming. At that time, my mother was still studying. She brought home books about computers, if I remember correctly, Borland C. I tried to implement the simple instructions from the book on the computer. By then, I was probably already using Windows 98.