From d39f404cd09b77195dd62b3524c413ac7356e335 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Roos Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 15:38:48 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add week-826 --- soups/weeknotes/week-826.snip.markdown | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+) create mode 100644 soups/weeknotes/week-826.snip.markdown diff --git a/soups/weeknotes/week-826.snip.markdown b/soups/weeknotes/week-826.snip.markdown new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1b6af41d --- /dev/null +++ b/soups/weeknotes/week-826.snip.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +Week 826 +======== + +Week beginning Monday, 11th November 2024. + +[Chris][chris-lowis] and I started work on a new client project this week! +We've been asked to explore whether we can build a primarily-mobile [React][reactjs] app to simplify and improve an existing labour itensive, manual and error-prone process. +We've agreed on an initial budget of up to 24 days to come up with something that allows the client to decide whether it's worth them investing in the software. +If they decide it's worth the investment then it's possible there'll be some work to productionise it in early 2025. +We started on Tuesday and, after spending the first day meeting the team, have spent a good couple of days building. +I'm really happy with what we've achieved in a short period of time: the combination of pairing and utilising [Claude][claude]/[GitHub Copilot][github-copilot] means we've been able to get to a working prototype really quickly. +As James [mentioned last week](/week-825#:~:text=although%20nothing%20about%20the%20code%20was%20particularly%20complicated) these LLMs haven't (yet!) done anything that's outside our ability but they have allowed us to make progress quicker than if we were trying to do it using a more traditional approach: which gives us more time to focus on the features/UX that we really care about. + +Our thanks to [James][james-mead] who stepped back to allow Chris and I to take this project on. +We recently noticed that our [individual pots](/week-825#individual-pots) have become a bit lopsided so having Chris and I work on this client project while James takes some time off should start to even things out a bit. +Thanks, James! + +Hoping you have a good weekend. + +-- Chris + +[chris-lowis]: /chris-lowis +[claude]: https://www.anthropic.com/claude +[github-copilot]: https://github.com/features/copilot +[james-mead]: /james-mead +[reactjs]: https://reactjs.org/ + +:name: week-826 +:updated_at: 2024-11-15 14:42:00.000000000 +00:00 +:created_at: 2024-11-15 14:42:00.000000000 +00:00 +:render_as: Blog +:kind: blog +:is_page: true +:written_with: markdown +:author: chris-roos +:page_title: Week 826 +:extension: markdown