https://iguessthatworks.com/tags/design-patterns/Recent content in Design Patterns on It Might be WorkingHugo -- gohugo.ioenJeff MayeurWed, 22 Jul 2026 07:00:00 -0700https://iguessthatworks.com/posts/07-2026/seven/Wed, 22 Jul 2026 07:00:00 -0700https://iguessthatworks.com/posts/07-2026/seven/ <p>I've been thinking it's time for me to revisit <a href="https://pragprog.com/titles/btlang/seven-languages-in-seven-weeks/">Seven Languages in Seven Weeks</a>. It was one of those books that sunk its claws into me. While I didn't end up deploying those languages in a professional setting, I remember the focus on the what and why for each language's capabilities.</p> <p>Part of my interest in revisiting this book is to backstop the intellectual ossification that agentic first development is creating. I'm also curious if I still find as much joy in the quirks these languages bring to the table. At base though I want to use it as an exercise to shift my thinking around code generation. So far I've used agents to create code using the same platforms I would use if I were hand coding a solution. I'm sticking with what I know, both because I have experience with it working, and because I will have the ability to audit and debug any output.</p>