Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots 594: AI is Draining with Pablo Curell
Oct 9, 2025
Pablo Curell, a software developer at Recovr and host of the A Junior, A Senior and I podcast, dives into the realities of AI in coding. He explores the critical importance of learning to code, the practical uses of AI today, and the looming questions around the sustainability of AI economics. The duo critiques the notion of fully AI-generated products, and Pablo shares insights on effective AI workflows and the essential elements of successful software development while advocating for a balance between AI assistance and human expertise.
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Bootcamp To Self-Taught Grit
- Pablo learned to code via a bootcamp after enjoying automating Excel and self-study for a year.
- His first role forced him to
Thrown Into Production Alone
- Sammy began at an agency and was the only developer on day one, producing large controllers and no tests out of necessity.
- That early experience gave him broad exposure but not best practices.
Start Legacy Work With Integration Tests
- When joining an untested legacy codebase, write integration tests first to gain confidence before refactoring.
- Then add unit tests for the parts you change rather than trying to test the whole system.
