https://silk-cave-weld.my.statichost.uk/Recent content in Welcome to my site on billpg industries™Hugoen-usThu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://silk-cave-weld.my.statichost.uk/posts/willaireplaceme/Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://silk-cave-weld.my.statichost.uk/posts/willaireplaceme/<p>People ask if I&rsquo;m worried that AI will put me out of a job. My honest answer is <strong>no, not really</strong>. I’ve been here before — more than once.</p> <h2 id="the-first-time-the-machine-out-coded-me">The first time the machine out-coded me.</h2> <p>When I graduated in the 90s, assembly language was still a respectable skill. I wrote most of my code in C, but there was always that one tight loop or fiddly routine where a bit of hand-tuned assembler felt like wizardry. I was working in embedded systems, targeting a single CPU and we wanted every cycle to count.</p>