Never Rewrite: Software Engineering & AI Coding

Jeffrey Sherman shares his experience using AI to accelerate a 10-year API rewrite, highlighting practical strategies, challenges, and insights into modern development practices.

Co-host: Isaac Askew
Guests: Dustin Rea

Today we're joined by Ravi Ram, a kindred refactoring spirit. Ravi joins us today to discuss his approach to refactoring and how he leverages AI effectively to dramatically reduce the time it takes to implement refactors and fixes for his clients.

Ravi Ram  |  ravi@dhali.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhali/
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References:
Practical Refactoring
Woody Zuill | Llewellyn Falco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWiwDdx_rdo

Sandi Metz' Rules For Developers
https://thoughtbot.com/blog/sandi-metz-rules-for-developers

(Book) Tidy First: A Personal Exercise in Empirical Software Design
Kent Beck

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