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AI for Developers With Deadlines

1h 37m 18s
English
Paid

Are you a developer feeling overwhelmed by the potential of AI? Many developers face frustration when starting their journey towards integrating artificial intelligence into their workflows. While AI promises to accelerate development and assist with code, texts, and research, there's a constant fear of making mistakes—breaking projects, appearing incompetent in front of peers, or deploying unstable code into production environments.

Understanding the Challenges

Most available materials either superficially praise AI or plunge straight into complex theoretical concepts. This often leaves developers in a perplexing "gray zone," keen to harness AI's capabilities yet wary of risking quality and reputation. The daunting gap between AI's promising potential and tangible results feels large and intimidating.

Course Orientation

This course is designed to address these challenges. It offers a safe and practical approach to integrating AI into everyday development — steering clear of hype, evading magic tricks, and maintaining control. You will learn to apply verified patterns for working with AI tools, including task formulation, writing effective prompts, setting contexts, and verifying results, ultimately integrating AI into your existing development processes seamlessly.

Main Focus Areas

  • Achieve quick, comprehensible results that inspire confidence and mitigate risks.
  • Avoid creating "bad" code by leveraging clear instructions, templates, and context.
  • Utilize AI beyond code generation, employing it to automate routine tasks effectively.
  • Implement AI-supported code reviews and testing, all while retaining control over the engineering process.

Target Audience

This course is tailored for experienced developers who aspire to transition into the future with awareness and caution. It empowers you to use AI as a tool to enhance your skills, rather than as a cause of new issues. Embrace AI confidently without compromising your engineering integrity.

About the Author: Big Machine

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Big Machine is the personal teaching platform of Rob Conery, a US developer best known for co-founding Tekpub (an early online dev-video platform later acquired by Pluralsight), authoring The Imposter's Handbook, and a long string of pragmatic developer books on PostgreSQL, Ruby on Rails, and the broader full-stack ecosystem.

His CourseFlix listing carries five Big Machine courses: The Imposter's Roadmap, The Imposter's Frontend Accelerator, PostgreSQL Fundamentals, Revisiting Rails, and AI for Developers With Deadlines. Material is paid and aimed at working developers — particularly those who came into software from non-traditional backgrounds and want to fill the foundational gaps without starting from scratch.

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2-lab-1-3-sql-files
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Course content

16 lessons · 1h 37m 18s
Show all 16 lessons
  1. 1 1-lab-1-questions 07:51
  2. 2 1-lab-2-setup 04:55
  3. 3 1-lab-3-git 04:03
  4. 4 2-lab-1-1-readme 07:18
  5. 5 2-lab-1-2-instructions 03:48
  6. 6 2-lab-1-3-sql-files 10:43
  7. 7 2-lab-2-1-db-styles 06:18
  8. 8 2-lab-3-1-templates 05:46
  9. 9 2-lab-3-3-models 07:01
  10. 10 3-lab-1-1-cart-spec 05:11
  11. 11 3-lab-2-1-cart-tests 05:32
  12. 12 3-lab-2-2-cart-stub 03:29
  13. 13 3-lab-2-6-claude-cart 05:22
  14. 14 3-lab-2-6-gemini-cart 06:15
  15. 15 4-lab-1-1-code-review 07:08
  16. 16 4-lab-2-1-github 06:38

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Frequently asked questions

What is AI for Developers With Deadlines about?
Are you a developer feeling overwhelmed by the potential of AI? Many developers face frustration when starting their journey towards integrating artificial intelligence into their workflows. While AI promises to accelerate development and…
Who teaches AI for Developers With Deadlines?
AI for Developers With Deadlines is taught by Big Machine. You can find more courses by this instructor on the corresponding source page.
How long is AI for Developers With Deadlines?
AI for Developers With Deadlines contains 16 lessons with a total runtime of 1 hour 37 minutes. All lessons are available to watch online at your own pace.
Is AI for Developers With Deadlines free to watch?
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