Carl Rannaberg: Latest AI Tools in Software Development - Cursor, Continue.dev, v0, Claude | Ep. 3

Carl, staff software engineer at Pactum, shed light on some of the latest AI tools in software development. We discussed v0.dev, continue.dev, ollama, and much more! It was an episode with a lot of useful information and insights! To check all content on Map For Engineers including blog posts, feel free to subscribe on https://MapForEngineers.comAnnotated chapters in timeline on topics that Carl and I covered:00:00:00 - Start00:04:05 - Small talk, getting into the groove00:08:18 - Carl's background: ex-Pipedrive, now engineer in Pactum00:19:44 - Early tools: simple autocomplete and simple prompting without context00:27:11 - AI tools with context: Cursor IDE, Continue.dev00:43:35 - Cursor IDE Composer - Prompt+Apply to Code Instantly00:47:29 - Ollama - following docker philosophy00:55:15 - V0.dev - LLM to create frontend components00:59:27 - Cursor IDE + v0.dev combination as a workflow01:02:23 - Claude 3.5 Sonnet01:03:10 - OpenAI o101:04:56 - LLMs vs SQL Queries - still to be solved01:08:17 - LLM in TDD and Testing Workflows01:16:04 - Focus on engineering fundamentals - LLM does not replace your engineering fundamental knowledge01:20:13 - Book recommendations01:29:09 - Hosting models yourself - expensive01:33:27 - Fine-tuning models01:35:33 - RAG01:49:50 - Chain of thought01:51:46 - vyce.app - GenAI helping with compliance questions01:54:25 - Summary of tools we covered so far01:58:43 - GenAI vs engineering careers02:05:39 - Wrap up with Carl This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit log.mapforengineers.com