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| 1 | +Date: 28-03-2026 |
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| 3 | +Duration: *[Add Duration]* |
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| 5 | +==== Topics Discussed |
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| 7 | +* Nabeel emphasized the importance of having long-term goals over operating day-to-day, sharing insights from his experience. |
| 8 | +* Aniket shared his professional experience working in Android development. |
| 9 | +* Nabeel discussed his workflow with AI-assisted development and how he leverages AI tools for coding while still considering himself an engineer. |
| 10 | + ** He emphasized that strong fundamentals (logic, system design, and language understanding) are essential when using AI, and that this should not be confused with “vibe coding.” |
| 11 | + ** He shared insights comparing AI coding tools (e.g., Codex vs Opus). |
| 12 | + ** He suggested avoiding assumptions in prompts and instead providing clear system requirements, architecture, and constraints. |
| 13 | + ** He emphasized using AI as an assistant while maintaining a deep understanding of systems and code. |
| 14 | + ** A related discussion highlighted the importance of thinking like an engineer rather than just a developer, focusing on system-level and business-level understanding. |
| 15 | +* A discussion took place on large vs small pull requests, covering trade-offs between single large PRs and multiple smaller PRs, along with different team practices. |
| 16 | +* Bhavesh highlighted the importance of knowing when to rely on AI for coding and when to write code manually. |
| 17 | +* Nabeel discussed how memory leaks can still occur in garbage-collected languages, noting that while harder to detect and fix, they are not impossible. |
| 18 | +* A discussion on Python internals covered its compilation and interpretation model. |
| 19 | + ** It was emphasized that understanding how programming languages work internally helps in becoming a better programmer. |
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| 21 | +==== Additional Resources |
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| 23 | +* link:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmYgTJf49hZaHc8H-WpexEvuNUC80zGDL[James Powell's Python Talks^] |
| 24 | +* link:https://dev.to/bhavesh_kukreja/how-do-lists-really-work-in-python-4cmn[What Python Lists Really Are^] |
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