Bio

Hi, I'm Raffaele 'Raff' Cecco - a software developer with a career spanning more than 40 years.

Former video games designer and coder (Exolon, Cybernoid, First Samurai and many others). Technical author (Supercharged JavaScript Graphics, published by O'Reilly Media, technical reviewer of other titles like JavaScript: The Definitive Guide). Cloud systems architect and platform engineer working with various enterprise clients in DevOps and infrastructure

Despite old(ish) bones, I still enjoy tinkering with software and trying different things.

With such a long career, I've watched many disruptions play out: desktop publishing displacing typesetting, digital imaging transforming art and photography, consoles killing off the arcade, 3D games eclipsing 2D, cloud computing replacing traditional servers - and so it went and on it goes, too many to list here!

We are now in the middle of arguably the biggest disruptor in the creative and technology fields: AI.

Coders, artists, writers and other creatives have seen their bread-and-butter skills automated in startling ways. Certainly, my AI coding assistant can code quicker and more thoroughly than I can. Sure, it goes off the rails sometimes and annoys me, but I can usually get it to do what I want with some appropriate prompting.

Despite the initial anxieties, one constant I've found is that the best techies and creatives roll with the new stuff - they adapt their natural skills, embrace the new tools and generate even more amazing work.

We are in a strange AI upside-down world, where coders and writers can create graphics, artists can code, product managers can prototype websites and everyone is wondering if their job is at risk.

I can't predict what the future holds, so best to enjoy the ride, tinker with the tools and have some fun. I hope you'll join me.