John Wilger
John Wilger

John Wilger

Principal Engineering Consultant

25+ years shipping software. VP of Engineering. Now consulting on the edge of AI-assisted development. I help teams build systems that actually work—and get extraordinary results from AI tools.

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On engineering, AI, and the craft of building software.

The Tools You Build Are More Important Than The Tools You Use

10 min read

There's a pattern I've noticed among developers working with AI coding assistants. Some are having transformative experiences—shipping features faster, tackling…

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The Hidden Pitfalls of AI Software Development

5 min read

Before we start, I want to make it clear that I'm not going to "blame the controller" for losing this game. I've always believed that a software engineer using …

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The Language Model Is Just Another User

7 min read

The first time I worked on an application that heavily relied on OpenAI's chat completion API, my years of experience managing APIs within an extensive service …

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Generative AI is a UX Revolution

8 min read

When I first engaged with computers, the landscape was predominantly shaped by command-line interfaces, a stark contrast to the GUI-based systems like Windows o…

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Using the 27" LG UltraFine 5k Display with Linux

8 min read

UPDATE 2019-07-25: Based on some comments made on the original post below, I swapped out the Asus ThunderboltEX 2 AIC for a Gigabyte GC-Titan Ridge Thunderbolt…

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Complex Unique Constraints with PostgreSQL Triggers in Ecto

4 min read

Ecto makes it easy to work with typical uniqueness constraints in your database; you just define your table like this: defmodule MyApp.Repo.Migrations.CreateFoo…

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