In this episode, we tackle the question of learning in the age of AI.
Among other things, we talked about:
whether worrying about AI is the same as worrying about calculators
why David gets all his students to turn AI features off while learning
why rising token prices might end up being a great thing
whether AI slop is worse than human slop
what we can learn from sailing as we think about our future in an AI world
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A reminder that David’s book, The Well-Grounded Data Analyst is out! https://www.manning.com/books/the-well-grounded-data-analyst (https://www.manning.com/books/the-well-grounded-data-analyst)
If you want to find out more, we have a whole episode about it: https://halfstackdatascience.com/s3-finale-the-well-grounded-data-analyst-with-david-asboth (https://halfstackdatascience.com/s3-finale-the-well-grounded-data-analyst-with-david-asboth)
4 May 2026
S05E02 - Magical Glue Person
In this episode, we discuss:
- Will people really just write all their own software instead of buying it?
- Is the change management around GenAI projects any different from other technologies?
- What is the right approach when giving people freedom to vibe code internal tools?
- Is there room for a new role to emerge as a bridge between vibe coding and useful internal tools, a technical connector of AI capability and business value?
Things we mention in the episode:
- Matthew Yglesias's tweet about vibe coding: https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2049105745132585161 (https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2049105745132585161)
- Vicki's post on BlueSky about software libraries: https://bsky.app/profile/vickiboykis.com/post/3mkpmimhnls2q (https://bsky.app/profile/vickiboykis.com/post/3mkpmimhnls2q)
- That paper about fake GitHub stars: https://awesomeagents.ai/news/github-fake-stars-investigation/ (https://awesomeagents.ai/news/github-fake-stars-investigation/)
- The reverse centaur article: https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/pop-that-bubble/#u-washington (https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/pop-that-bubble/#u-washington)
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David’s book, The Well-Grounded Data Analyst is out! https://www.manning.com/books/the-well-grounded-data-analyst (https://www.manning.com/books/the-well-grounded-data-analyst)
If you want to find out more, we have a whole episode about it: https://halfstackdatascience.com/s3-finale-the-well-grounded-data-analyst-with-david-asboth (https://halfstackdatascience.com/s3-finale-the-well-grounded-data-analyst-with-david-asboth)
16 Mar 2026
S05E01 - Will GenAI kill software?
In the first episode of the new season, we discuss:
whether it's a good thing that we can produce more with GenAI,
how GenAI will force us to consider the purpose of education,
how we are supposed to develop wisdom if GenAI can just build everything for us,
how AI-written code introduces "cognitive debt",
and in a roundabout way we discuss whether GenAI will kill software companies
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David’s book, The Well-Grounded Data Analyst is out! https://www.manning.com/books/the-well-grounded-data-analyst (https://www.manning.com/books/the-well-grounded-data-analyst)
If you want to find out more, we have a whole episode about it: https://halfstackdatascience.com/s3-finale-the-well-grounded-data-analyst-with-david-asboth (https://halfstackdatascience.com/s3-finale-the-well-grounded-data-analyst-with-david-asboth)
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