Rahoul Baruah

Rubyist since 1.8.6. I like hair, dogs and Kim/Charli/Poppy. Also CTO at Collabor8Online.

We think that with AI we can replace all of our junior people in our company

Aug 21, 2025

I was at a leadership group and people were telling me "We think that with AI we can replace all of our junior people in our company." I was like, "

Using LLMs for software development (summer '25 update)

Jul 18, 2025 6 min read

(Or, "My big revelation about LLMs and software development") A few months ago, I did a demo of Claude Code at the Northwest Ruby User Group. I had just started using

Eulogy

May 19, 2025 3 min read

(or "Software will never be the same again") A few weeks back I watched the latest series (seven) of Black Mirror. I'm never fully convinced by Charlie Brooker -

Vibe coding with Claude Code

Mar 14, 2025 5 min read

I've been trying out Vibe Coding. There's a new kind of coding I call "vibe coding", where you fully give in to the vibes, embrace exponentials, and

Devcontainers

Feb 6, 2025 5 min read

This is a vastly oversimplifed and technically inaccurate description of how to use devcontainers to make software development easier. I'm writing it for someone who's never used them before.