
10x Insights
Ep. 10: Brave New World in the Age of AI with Tom Cools
<p>This episode of 10X Insights, Kadi McKean and Steve Poole sit down with Tom Cools —Belgian Java User Group organizer and DevRel—to unpack what it really takes to grow as a developer during massive industry shifts. Tom shares his path from teaching into software development, why curiosity and “tinkering” are career superpowers, and how the current AI wave feels eerily similar to the early microservices hype cycle. The conversation covers AI as a coding assistant, the risks of blindly trusting generated code, and what Tom learned from reviewing university projects where LLMs improved code quality—but not always understand...


