Does vibecoding make coding more accessible?

Posted on Mon 28 April 2025 in Software • Tagged with software-engineering, politics, teaching

I was a volunteer and organiser for codebar for several years and was heavily involved in outreach activities during my time at Cambridge. In the face of cuts to DEI initiatives, I believe that the lack of diversity at all levels of the tech sector seriously harms the sector.

Besides …


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On regulation in software engineering

Posted on Sun 21 July 2024 in Software • Tagged with software-engineering, politics

Emergency services, GPs, hospitals, transportation systems and the like are funded, at least in part, by public money. When their computer systems go down, the public is badly affected and people can get hurt, and lives can be put at risk. So what regulations and quality controls are there on …


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