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It’s different today.
The software and data development world is now different. Coding experience is growing irrelevant. It is not changed as much as things ended. Not everywhere all at once, but in some ways, 2025 is closer to the 1960s than 2026.
What matters now is that if you are a coder that you start taking AI seriously. Really seriously.
Can we talk?
If there's one thing I could add to this community, it would be this fundamental principle: Communication is key. We should engage in discussions, pose challenges, share insights, and provide encouragement. Let's move beyond mere commentary to meaningful communication.
Drawing inspiration from Jeff Atwood, the co-founder of Stack Exchange, and his book "Effective Programming: More Than Writing Code," which emphasizes the importance of effective communication among programmers, especially in written form.
Doing Yourself a Favor is OK
So do yourself a favor. Going back to my opening sentence, I stated that I am an environmental programmer. My environment includes many different things. Some big and some small. Some I bring with me to work, some I request from my employer, and some I create while I work. The quiet revolution in which the development inmates took over the castle has made all this possible.
The Real Untold Secret
The secret for developing on the IBMi is to do the same and forget about the platform and develop for the future. The IBMi development sphere is on fire right now. IBM is stoking that fire. The number one thing we can do now is to honor the past but stop living in it. Read that previous paragraph again. That is the untold secret of modernization.