F. Novella

Practical notes on AI, code, and a few stranger things.

Where to Draw the Line: What to Make Deterministic and What to Leave to AI

Two production systems, same reflex: the AI output is bad, so fix the prompt. Both times the prompt was the wrong layer.

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I'm Francisco Novella, a developer based in Amsterdam, born in Buenos Aires.

At six I was installing games like Monkey Island in DOS. By twelve I knew I wanted to create things for a living, so I chose a technical high school for computer systems. I grew up repairing computers and teaching people how to use them.

I started as a junior developer around 2008, while at university. Since then the work has taken me through banking (JP Morgan, BBVA), music (FUGA), and e-commerce, among other worlds. Today I'm a Web Architect at iBOOD in Amsterdam. I came here for new adventures, and stayed.

I'm optimistic about how AI can enhance us as humans. This site is where I share what it means to be a human operating this new technology, from practical stuff like doing the groceries to trying to understand what consciousness is.

I wanted to create things for a living. I still do.