The inane mutterings of Alexander Foxleigh
Alex Foxleigh is a Senior Front-End Developer and Tech Lead who spends his days making the web friendlier, faster, and easier to use. He’s big on clean code, clever automations, and advocating for accessibility so everyone can enjoy tech - not just those who find it easy. Being neurodivergent himself, Alex actively speaks up for more inclusive workplaces and designs that welcome all kinds of minds.
Off the clock, Alex is a proud nerd who loves losing himself in video games, watching sci-fi, or tweaking his ever-evolving smart home setup until it’s borderline sentient. He’s also a passionate cat person, because life’s just better when you share it with furry chaos machines.
A few days ago, I asked ChatGPT to tell me about "The Krell Tool Paradox" and how it affected ADHD. The answer was really well thought out and offered some real insight into how much ADHD people can struggle with the tools we use to help us. The only problem is, I completely made it up!
If you've ever found yourself frustrated with the output of AI-assisted IDEs like Cursor or Windsurf, then I might have some bad news for you. Are you sitting down? Because you're probably not gonna like this: It's kinda your own fault.
As abstractions become less necessary, we might be heading toward a future where writing code by hand is the exception, not the norm. When that happens, what happens to the tooling we all love so much?
It's been a while - sorry, had a lot on - but I'm back with a funky new style, a much better software platform and - hopefully - a bit more content than I used to write!
The rise of LLMs, particularly agent-based (agentic) IDE's like Cursor and Windsurf has changed the face of coding forever and it's not going anywhere, so you may as well get on board.
My hopes for 2021 were as about as grim as I predicted and once again I did not quite manage to achieve my goals.
2020 was not a year of succeeding in my goals. I don't share a lot of peoples high hopes for 2021, so these goals will be 'pandemic appropriate'
Wow. 2020 was one hell of a year, right?!
It's not just a new year, it's a new decade, welcome to the roaring 20's! Let's set some goals, shall we?