Founder & CEO @Gradle — creator of Gradle Build Tool, co-founder of Develocity | Physicist | Java Champion | Continuous Delivery in the GenAI era

San Francisco
Joined March 2009
In a recent fireside chat on GenAI & software delivery, I asked Martin Odersky if we could treat AI-generated code as a black box — with only tests to guide us.
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His answer was sharp: “If you don’t understand your code, you have no fallback — you can only start from scratch.” 🎥 Full clip: youtu.be/SkRk779vDus?t=912
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Martin’s point: tests are vital, but comprehension still matters. 👉 What do you think — can tests alone ever replace code comprehension in a GenAI-driven world?
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I haven’t posted here in a while (last post was 2018!). Excited to share again on: • GenAI & Continuous Delivery • Developer Productivity Engineering (DPE) • Gradle & Develocity Follow for insights on developer productivity in the GenAI era 🚀
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Oh! I will give this a decent weekend listen. Hello Hans @hans_d 👋🏿
Gradle founder and CEO @hans_d sat down with the @seradio podcast from @IEEEorg to talk #DeveloperProductivity Give a listen! se-radio.net/2024/08/se-radi…
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Join the Gradle team for a webcast on Nov 29th about what’s new in #Gradle 5.0: gradl.es/five-dot-o
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Find out about improved support for @gradle in IntelliJ IDEA 2018.2 blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2018…
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Hans Dockter retweeted
Gradle channels will be a bit quieter this week. We arrived at a french castle from 5 continents to discuss big plans — see you next week!
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Looking forward to my live webcast with @mockitoguy on May 30 to discuss how organizations need to change to improve their build culture and developer productivity. Sign up here: go.gradle.com/the-challenge-…
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If you haven't had the chance yet to learn what Gradle Enterprise is about, please watch this new beautifully designed 2-minute explainer video: go.gradle.com/what-is-gradle…
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Please check out my video on how to improve typical developer productivity bottlenecks with Gradle Enterprise: gradl.es/demo
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Why invest into builds? Please check out my latest blog post. For our example team of 200, the savings potential is millions of dollars. blog.gradle.com/quantifying-…
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Hans Dockter retweeted
Gradle 4.2 is out! ❯ Parallel native compilation & linking ❯ Kotlin DSL 0.11 ❯ GCS repos ❯ Play! improvements ✨ github.com/gradle/gradle/rel…
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Hans Dockter retweeted
Introducing Gradle Enterprise Training! Learn effective use of the enterprise build cache and build scans. ❯ gradle.org/training/develope…
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