What it's like to use AI as an engineer in 2026. Also a commentary on my career.
#devops #platformengineering #engineer #claude #vscode #anthropic
Chris Funderburg
@chris.funderburg.me
219 followers 500 following 152 posts
GenX · British Texan · Principal Platform Engineer · DevOps Practitioner · Charity Trustee · Dad · Old School Geek · Environmentalist · Gardener · Druid · Gamer · Chaotic Neutral blog: chris.funderburg.me github: github.com/bocan
![That’s probably the most famous scene in the movie, the campfire scene.
I know. He said, “You can’t punch a horse.” I said, “You’ll never see it again.” I kept saying, “You’re absolutely right. It’s out!” Then, when he left, I crumpled up all his notes, and I tossed it in the wastepaper basket. And John Calley, who was running [production at] Warner Bros. at the time, said, “Good filing.” That was the end of it. You say yes, and you never do it.
That’s great advice for life.
It is. Don’t fight them. Don’t waste your time struggling with them and trying to make sense to them. They’ll never understand.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yvbszlkc7d75ixkid5g2zmw7/bafkreiar4z6n6pfk7wob2gznv6l6euw7ltxbetgto5drfd4wqzjalldp5m)
