DevCongress Echo

Berkowitz hosts a weekly Thursday "What Are You Building?" meetup through our Slack community. As a Senior Vice President, he shares valuable insights from his extensive experience with Large Language Models (LLMs) and discusses the extent to which AI has automated software development.In this discussion, we explore the software development lifecycle and examine which aspects of coding have effectively been "solved" by AI. Berkowitz also challenges and debunks some common assumptions, including the idea that coding has been completely solved by LLMs.To join the weekly sessions, check our Slack channel and send a message to @aberkowitz.Upcoming Event: Don't forget that DevCongress is scheduled for the last quarter of the year (date to be announced).Music Credit: Shandr – Gone Fishing

Episode Source Note: This episode was generated directly from the interview transcript between Nathan Sodja (research) and former VP of Engineering / Technical Consultant Andrew Berkowitz. The conversation examines how project governance structures, team autonomy, and stakeholder management determine or hinder success in software delivery.Also attached is the overall result of the research for futher reading...

Show notes:Here's the article Joojo mentions in this episode...https://dev.to/joojodontoh/understanding-my-relationship-with-ai-through-the-lens-of-tam-368eMake sure to listen to the entire episode and drop a review for us...

DevCongress community slack is always alive with conversation, controversial like this one...Since it's all text on the channels, this is just a way to document and relive some of those fun memorable yet informative dialogues between experts in their domains.Enjoy!Show notes: The John problem: https://youtu.be/kqLz53z8Inc?list=TLGGIQSu8eemC6IyODA4MjAyNQhttps://metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early-2025-ai-experienced-os-dev-study/Reuters snippets from a report by Anna Tong in San Francisco; Editing by Sonali Paul

What do you think?Roll with NoSQL or go with relational DB?Listen and decide, or perhaps the decision has been made already. In such cases, beware of potential pitfalls and prepare accordingly.

Resources:Follow codekeyz on twitter: @codekeyzTime stamps!Host/Editor: Nathan SodjaCreative Directors: Yaw Boakye, Elorm and Sam Eshun.Follow us:http://slack.devcongress.org/twitter.com/devcongresshttp://youtube.com/devcongressmain@devcongress.org

Bubu is a stalwart of the DevCongress community, from organizing and hosting community events to mentorship, Bubu has done it all.Listen to him talk about his start and journey in this episode.Resources:Read Bubu's Blog https://www.5error.com/the-hard-truth-about-mentorship/Time stamps!00:00: Intro, Bubu's start into Tech12:48: I just found computers fun17:28: Tech then and now?24:30: Ghana Tech Ecosystem vs Global30:20: Why Tech got harder after COVID33:50: VCs love Tech because it scales exponentially43:40: AI, Is this the age of stackless engineering?49:24: Are you a mature software engineer now?51:21: Communities are valuable to your journey01:02:00: Benefits of being a part of a community01:20:00: Evolving the community to be more helpful and accessible01:25:00: Supporting the community01:28:00: Wrapping up!Host/Editor: Nathan SodjaCreative Directors: Yaw Boakye, Elorm and Sam Eshun.Follow us:http://slack.devcongress.org/twitter.com/devcongresshttp://youtube.com/devcongressmain@devcongress.org

Stefan mentioned Edem in the previous episode so naturally, I wanted to know more...In this interview, hear Edem Kumodzi Program Manager at Microsoft share his career journey and experiences, we hope you pick up some great points from his experience.Resources: Lisa Bainbridge on Automation https://ckrybus.com/static/papers/Bainbridge_1983_Automatica.pdf (this is the paper on automation I mentioned in the episode.)Time stamps!00:00: Intro, About Edem and Mentorship15:32: Getting into Tech and the First Job27:00: Working at Ringier and Failing the Google Interview35:00: The ThoughtWorks Experience42:00: Freelancing and Community45:00: Working at Andela55:00: The Days Before Google-fu and StackOverflow1:00:00: Edem’s Motivation1:11:00: Retiring from Code and AI1:12:00: Staying Relevant as a Software Engineer1:17:38: Tech Communities and DevCongress1:27:00: Final Thoughts1:40:00: Winding DownHost/Editor: Nathan SodjaCreative Directors: Yaw Boakye, Elorm and Sam Eshun.Follow us: http://slack.devcongress.org/twitter.com/devcongresshttp://youtube.com/devcongressmain@devcongress.org