This is a part 2 of the overview of different AI solutions automating the programming process. The part 1 can be found here. Today I will describe another 5 "virtual developers".
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19/11/2017
Will Artificial Intelligence replace developers (part 2)?
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This is a part 2 of the overview of different AI solutions automating the programming process. The part 1 can be found here. Today I will describe another 5 "virtual developers".
This is a part 2 of the overview of different AI solutions automating the programming process. The part 1 can be found here. Today I will describe another 5 "virtual developers".
13/11/2017
Will Artificial Intelligence replace developers (part 1)?
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After 10 years of working for smaller and bigger companies I decided to join as Chief Scientific Officer a start-up called PlatformX. I'll not exaggerate saying that it's the most interesting and challenging project I've ever worked in. Our goal is to automate the process of developing software. In other words we want to create an artifical intelligence a.k.a. "virtual developer" that will be able to communicate with a human being in order to collect requirements and then will write, test and deploy a program according to these requirements. Nice, isn't it?
After 10 years of working for smaller and bigger companies I decided to join as Chief Scientific Officer a start-up called PlatformX. I'll not exaggerate saying that it's the most interesting and challenging project I've ever worked in. Our goal is to automate the process of developing software. In other words we want to create an artifical intelligence a.k.a. "virtual developer" that will be able to communicate with a human being in order to collect requirements and then will write, test and deploy a program according to these requirements. Nice, isn't it?
30/10/2017
Never ever update an event. But why?
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I heard and read a lot about Event Sourcing (ES) but earlier I hadn't had occasion to use it in the real-life system. This year I got this opportunity :) For many years I was working with traditional architectures so ES + CQRS + DDD is like a new world to me. Very refreshing experience! I've already learned a lot but I'm still learning and discovering new things. For example, not so long ago the versioning of events was "mysterious" for me.
I heard and read a lot about Event Sourcing (ES) but earlier I hadn't had occasion to use it in the real-life system. This year I got this opportunity :) For many years I was working with traditional architectures so ES + CQRS + DDD is like a new world to me. Very refreshing experience! I've already learned a lot but I'm still learning and discovering new things. For example, not so long ago the versioning of events was "mysterious" for me.
09/01/2017
Yerba Mate to the rescue
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I heard about Yerba Mate many years ago. It must have been in a television program run by quite famous Polish journalist, writer, satirist and traveler Wojciech Cejrowski who is also a popularizer of this drink. However, it took some time until I decided to give it a try. Now it is one of basic "tool" in my developer tool box. Why? This post explains it.
I heard about Yerba Mate many years ago. It must have been in a television program run by quite famous Polish journalist, writer, satirist and traveler Wojciech Cejrowski who is also a popularizer of this drink. However, it took some time until I decided to give it a try. Now it is one of basic "tool" in my developer tool box. Why? This post explains it.
23/12/2016
Życzenia Świąteczne / Merry Christmas 2016
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Kolejny rok minął jak z bicza strzelił. Dużo się w nim działo, a w 2016 przynajmniej u mnie będzie się działo jeszcze więcej i z pewnością będzie ciekawie. Zanim to jednak nastąpi czekają nas Święta Bożego Narodzenia, czas odpoczynku, spotkań w rodzinnym gronie... i z tej okazji życzę Wam i Waszym bliskim wszystkiego dobrego.
Wszystkiego dobrego,
Michał Komorowski
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Another year passed like a whip shot. Much has happened in 2015 but even more is going to happen in 2016, at least in my case;) But it is still the future and now Christmas is right around the corner. It is a time of rest, meetings with the family... and on this occasion I wish You and Your relatives all the best.
Best wishes,
Michał Komorowski
Source: own resources, Authors: Agnieszka and Michał Komorowscy
Kolejny rok minął jak z bicza strzelił. Dużo się w nim działo, a w 2016 przynajmniej u mnie będzie się działo jeszcze więcej i z pewnością będzie ciekawie. Zanim to jednak nastąpi czekają nas Święta Bożego Narodzenia, czas odpoczynku, spotkań w rodzinnym gronie... i z tej okazji życzę Wam i Waszym bliskim wszystkiego dobrego.
Wszystkiego dobrego,
Michał Komorowski
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Another year passed like a whip shot. Much has happened in 2015 but even more is going to happen in 2016, at least in my case;) But it is still the future and now Christmas is right around the corner. It is a time of rest, meetings with the family... and on this occasion I wish You and Your relatives all the best.
Best wishes,
Michał Komorowski
19/12/2016
Murphy's law in practice
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You must have heard about Murphy's law saying that Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. We can also add ...at the least expected moment or ...at the worst possible time. Some time ago I had quite a busy evening i.e. I had to write some urgent e-mails etc. Everything was ok until suddenly my computer (MSI GE60 2OE, Windows 10) went crazy.
The photo comes from MSI website
You must have heard about Murphy's law saying that Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. We can also add ...at the least expected moment or ...at the worst possible time. Some time ago I had quite a busy evening i.e. I had to write some urgent e-mails etc. Everything was ok until suddenly my computer (MSI GE60 2OE, Windows 10) went crazy.
24/12/2015
Merry Christmas!
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Source: own resources, Authors: Agnieszka and Michał Komorowscy
Giving wishes in a foreign language can be challenging so my wishes will be simple but very sincere. I wish you a Merry, Peaceful Christmas and an Amazing 2016. Let it be at least as good as the past year.
Best wishes,
Michał Komorowski
Source: own resources, Authors: Agnieszka and Michał Komorowscy
Giving wishes in a foreign language can be challenging so my wishes will be simple but very sincere. I wish you a Merry, Peaceful Christmas and an Amazing 2016. Let it be at least as good as the past year.
Best wishes,
Michał Komorowski
12/06/2015
What do you know about low-level programming?
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Have you ever written anything in a low-level assembly language? The last time, I was in touch with low-level programming, was during my studies. I wrote something in x86 and MIPS assembly languages. It was not easy but I liked it and I think that every good developer should know basics of programming at low-level. Why I'm writing about that?
Recently, I've found a very good online game known as microcorruption which reminded me good old times. The goal od this game is to open a lock by exploiting bugs in the source code. In order to do so you have to use a debugger of MSP430 assembly language.
At the beginning, initial tasks seems to be very easy e.g. a password can be hardcoded in the source code. However, if you haven't worked with any low-level language for many years even so simple task can be challenging. Besides, every next task is more and more difficult.
microcorruption is a great game if you want to remind yourself things like registers, a calling convention, a stack, low-level addressing and many others.
I started playing and I cannot stop! I encourage you to try.
Recently, I've found a very good online game known as microcorruption which reminded me good old times. The goal od this game is to open a lock by exploiting bugs in the source code. In order to do so you have to use a debugger of MSP430 assembly language.
At the beginning, initial tasks seems to be very easy e.g. a password can be hardcoded in the source code. However, if you haven't worked with any low-level language for many years even so simple task can be challenging. Besides, every next task is more and more difficult.
microcorruption is a great game if you want to remind yourself things like registers, a calling convention, a stack, low-level addressing and many others.
I started playing and I cannot stop! I encourage you to try.
04/06/2015
I'm ashamed that I knew so little about...
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This post will not be related to programming. I want to write about something that I've read about recently. I think that it's extremely interesting. Besides it is important for me. I'm talking about Lvov school of mathematics, a group of brilliant Polish mathematicians who worked in Lvov before World War II and had a great impact on contemporary mathematic. You may be surprised that even famous people like John von Neumann visited Lvov in order to talk with them.
Have you heard about them? If you come from Poland there is a chance that you heard although it is not very well know topic. And it is a pity because Polish people should be proud because of their achievements. If you are not from Poland there is a bigger chance that you heard about people like Stefan Banach, Stanisław Ulam or Hugo Steinhaus. Just to mention 3 mathematicians who were a part of Lvov school of mathematics.
These were very special people. Stefan Banach established very important part of mathematic known as functional analysis, was the author of many theorems (e.g. Banach space), has his own planetoid 16856. He had written his PhD thesis within 6 months and after that he needed only 7 years to become a professor. I'm pretty sure that every mathematician knows his name.
Stanisław Ulam had took part in Project Manhattan and then worked on the hydrogen bomb. In the 40s wrote one of the first (if not the first) program playing chess. He also proposed Monte Carlo method. When Kennedy became a president in 1960 Ulam as an advisor was asked which important project should be started. He suggested an expedition to the moon what Kennedy approved!
Hugo Steinhaus did so many things that I don't know what to choose. He "discovered" Stefan Banach so without him Lvov school of mathematics could have never been created. He invented introwizor, ancestor of modern computed tomography, which was patented in many countries in Europe and in USA. One of his books Mathematical Snapshots, that was originally published in 1938, is still available on Amazon! He also worked on game theory. You can say that many people did it. However, Steinhaus had done so 20 years before someone used this term.
I'll stop now because I could write and write about them. Instead I'll cite 2 short anecdotes that show that these were really extraordinary people (based on Genialni. Lwowska szkoła matematyczna by Mariusz Urbanek, unfortunately available only in Polish).
Stefan Banach has never finished his studies, he didn't like bureaucracy, formalisms and official titles. Because of that he had a problem with his PhD. It wasn't important for him. He wanted to focus on mathematics. His friends decided to cheat him a little bit and one day they told him that some important people frrm the capital have a few questions and only he can help. He didn't have any problems to answer all these questions, but he didn't know that it was his examination for the degree of doctor ;) Thanks to this small fraud he received PhD title.
In Lvov there was a restaurant "Szkocka" ("Scotch") and mathematicians like to spend there a lot of time of course at talking about mathematics. Noise and bustle didn't bother them. They also had a habit to write down proofs and theorems on the table with a pencil. The problem was that on the next day tables were cleaned and all the work was lost. To solve a problem the owner of the restaurant was asked to set this table aside and not to clean it until everything will be transferred to paper. This was a task of students.
I hope that I convinced you that you should at least know what is Lvov school of mathematics (especially if you come from Poland or if you are mathematician). Personally, I'm ashamed that I knew so little about it before.
Have you heard about them? If you come from Poland there is a chance that you heard although it is not very well know topic. And it is a pity because Polish people should be proud because of their achievements. If you are not from Poland there is a bigger chance that you heard about people like Stefan Banach, Stanisław Ulam or Hugo Steinhaus. Just to mention 3 mathematicians who were a part of Lvov school of mathematics.
These were very special people. Stefan Banach established very important part of mathematic known as functional analysis, was the author of many theorems (e.g. Banach space), has his own planetoid 16856. He had written his PhD thesis within 6 months and after that he needed only 7 years to become a professor. I'm pretty sure that every mathematician knows his name.
Stanisław Ulam had took part in Project Manhattan and then worked on the hydrogen bomb. In the 40s wrote one of the first (if not the first) program playing chess. He also proposed Monte Carlo method. When Kennedy became a president in 1960 Ulam as an advisor was asked which important project should be started. He suggested an expedition to the moon what Kennedy approved!
Hugo Steinhaus did so many things that I don't know what to choose. He "discovered" Stefan Banach so without him Lvov school of mathematics could have never been created. He invented introwizor, ancestor of modern computed tomography, which was patented in many countries in Europe and in USA. One of his books Mathematical Snapshots, that was originally published in 1938, is still available on Amazon! He also worked on game theory. You can say that many people did it. However, Steinhaus had done so 20 years before someone used this term.
I'll stop now because I could write and write about them. Instead I'll cite 2 short anecdotes that show that these were really extraordinary people (based on Genialni. Lwowska szkoła matematyczna by Mariusz Urbanek, unfortunately available only in Polish).
Stefan Banach has never finished his studies, he didn't like bureaucracy, formalisms and official titles. Because of that he had a problem with his PhD. It wasn't important for him. He wanted to focus on mathematics. His friends decided to cheat him a little bit and one day they told him that some important people frrm the capital have a few questions and only he can help. He didn't have any problems to answer all these questions, but he didn't know that it was his examination for the degree of doctor ;) Thanks to this small fraud he received PhD title.
In Lvov there was a restaurant "Szkocka" ("Scotch") and mathematicians like to spend there a lot of time of course at talking about mathematics. Noise and bustle didn't bother them. They also had a habit to write down proofs and theorems on the table with a pencil. The problem was that on the next day tables were cleaned and all the work was lost. To solve a problem the owner of the restaurant was asked to set this table aside and not to clean it until everything will be transferred to paper. This was a task of students.
I hope that I convinced you that you should at least know what is Lvov school of mathematics (especially if you come from Poland or if you are mathematician). Personally, I'm ashamed that I knew so little about it before.
01/06/2015
Ray Tracing a Black Hole in C#
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A friend of mine Mikołaj Barwicki has published very interesting article about visualisation of black holes on codeproject. So far he received a grade 5 from 43 readers. It is a great result! If you interested in ray tracing, black holes, numerical analysis or parallel computing it is an article for you.
07/04/2015
Polish -> English
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It looks like that I haven't been blogging for 2 months and it is the longest break I've ever had. I decided to put aside blogging because I wanted to focus on something else. However, after these 2 months I realized that I was simply missing blogging. Therefore I decided to return to writing posts and to change something in my blog. I've been thinking about writing in English for some time so finally I decided to do this step. Why?
First and foremost English is lingua franca of IT world. Majority of books, articles, blogs etc. are in English, all or almost all IT guys know English to some extent so writing in this language means potentially wider audience. Secondly, I'm aware that my English is far from being perfect so blogging in English will be a good occasion to improve my skills in this area.
For some bloggers a decision to start blogging in English might be difficult because of one thing. They write very, very well in their native language. I mean that everybody can write something. It might be useful, it may help someone, it might be interesting and it might be written generally well, grammatically correctly, without typos but nonetheless it is not written like a good book. There are people who can do that but unfortunately I'm not one of them. However, it also means that I'm not afraid that my style of writing will lost a lot after switching to English ;)
Another reason behind my decision is of different nature. I remember a few occasions when I was asked about my blog by head hunters or interviewers. They were interested in what I'm writing about, one of them even used Google Translate to read my posts! So why not to make their life easier :)
Last but not least I'd like to thank Piotr Sowa from Coding By To Design blog for sharing his thoughts about blogging in English with me. Thanks Piotr!
As to technical aspects of blogging in English. I decided to translate the layout of blog but I'll leave old posts and labels (tags) as they are. Maybe, in future I'll translate the most popular and interesting of them but for now I'd like to focus on producing a new content. What do you think about this approach?
It looks like that I haven't been blogging for 2 months and it is the longest break I've ever had. I decided to put aside blogging because I wanted to focus on something else. However, after these 2 months I realized that I was simply missing blogging. Therefore I decided to return to writing posts and to change something in my blog. I've been thinking about writing in English for some time so finally I decided to do this step. Why?
First and foremost English is lingua franca of IT world. Majority of books, articles, blogs etc. are in English, all or almost all IT guys know English to some extent so writing in this language means potentially wider audience. Secondly, I'm aware that my English is far from being perfect so blogging in English will be a good occasion to improve my skills in this area.
For some bloggers a decision to start blogging in English might be difficult because of one thing. They write very, very well in their native language. I mean that everybody can write something. It might be useful, it may help someone, it might be interesting and it might be written generally well, grammatically correctly, without typos but nonetheless it is not written like a good book. There are people who can do that but unfortunately I'm not one of them. However, it also means that I'm not afraid that my style of writing will lost a lot after switching to English ;)
Another reason behind my decision is of different nature. I remember a few occasions when I was asked about my blog by head hunters or interviewers. They were interested in what I'm writing about, one of them even used Google Translate to read my posts! So why not to make their life easier :)
Last but not least I'd like to thank Piotr Sowa from Coding By To Design blog for sharing his thoughts about blogging in English with me. Thanks Piotr!
As to technical aspects of blogging in English. I decided to translate the layout of blog but I'll leave old posts and labels (tags) as they are. Maybe, in future I'll translate the most popular and interesting of them but for now I'd like to focus on producing a new content. What do you think about this approach?
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