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⁠Software developer by day, skateboarder when I can escape, dad 24/7. I write about code, the AI revolution, and staying sane while the industry reinvents itself. Skateboarding keeps me grounded. Fatherhood keeps me humble.
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The Review Bottleneck: Why AI Explanations Are Making Us Trust Less, Not More

Posted on by Thiago Pacheco~8 min read

Last week I spent 3 hours reviewing code that took 20 minutes to write. The AI was faster. The review wasn’t. And I’m starting to realize: that’s the problem. “Less…

The Review Bottleneck: Why AI Explanations Are Making Us Trust Less, Not More

Working Twice as Hard to Be Seen as Average: Life as a Latino Developer

Posted on by Thiago Pacheco~7 min read

I walked into the conference room with my laptop to set up the infrastructure demo. Before I could connect to the projector, someone asked me to refill the coffee first….

Working Twice as Hard to Be Seen as Average: Life as a Latino Developer

Are We Still Developers? The Hidden Cost of Vibe Coding

Posted on by Thiago Pacheco~12 min read

AI-generated 847 lines in 12 minutes felt like god mode. But the review took longer than writing it would have. A deep dive into vibe coding, the hidden cost of AI-first development, and why I’m sticking with the terminal + AI pair programming.

Are We Still Developers? The Hidden Cost of Vibe Coding

What I’m Doing to Not Become Irrelevant

Posted on by Thiago Pacheco~6 min read

How I’m staying relevant as a developer in the AI era. Practical habits: writing code by hand, being visible, leading AI agents, keeping a dev journal, automating planning, and taking breaks to skate.

What I’m Doing to Not Become Irrelevant

The Developer Identity Crisis

Posted on by Thiago Pacheco~12 min read

AI agents are shipping code while developers sleep. The job is changing—we are becoming task organizers, configuration engineers, and quality evaluators. How much can we trust AI before our caution becomes a liability? A personal reflection on skill atrophy, the prompt-and-trust workflow, and what it means to be a developer in 2026.

The Developer Identity Crisis

TDD in the Age of AI: How Evals Can Benefit from Test-Driven Development

Posted on by Thiago Pacheco~3 min read

Test-Driven Development (TDD) has been a cornerstone of quality software engineering for decades. But as we enter the age of AI-assisted development and large language models, does TDD still hold…

TDD in the Age of AI: How Evals Can Benefit from Test-Driven Development