DeepSeek Won't Matter for Software Engineers | Issue #38


Hi there,

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You've certainly read all about the new AI model from China, DeepSeek, and how its release affected the stock market. To be honest though, I don't believe it will affect us software developers all that much (we're all pretty much screwed anyway 🙄).

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In today's video I briefly share my thoughts about DeepSeek and other recent AI models, and what you should do to navigate all these changes and benefit from them as a software engineer.

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Wish you a great weekend!

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Cheers,

Arjan

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