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World Congress 2023 • Aug 11, 2023

From Punch Cards to AI-assisted Development

Francesco Ciulla

Programming once meant manually operating punch cards with zero margin for error. Discover how 75 years of developer frustration birthed the AI tools we rely on today.

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