> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://nolongerset.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # UK AUG: Access Development with AI - URL: https://nolongerset.com/uk-ai-2026/ - Published: 2026-01-28T14:30:23.000Z - Updated: 2026-05-08T12:48:18.000Z - Description: Links and resources for my presentation today to the UK Access User Group. - Author: Mike Wolfe - Tags: Presentations, #Import 2026-05-20 02:59 *FYI: Today's virtual presentation is only available to* [*paying members*](https://ukaug.co.uk/become-a-member/) *of the UK Access User Group:* [Talk & Chat January – Mike Wolfe: AI & Access – The UK Access User Group

Mike\\’s company is doing some interesting work with AI and Microsoft Access. In this Talk and Chat Mike will talk about some of the tooling they use and how they make it work. AI is very much the subject de nos jours, so knowing Mike this promises to be a thought provoking session that will likely provoke a lot of chat after his talk (just what the doctor ordered for the New Year!)

\\n![](https://ukaug.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/UKAUG-logo-light-bg-sq-500-x-500-px-300x300.webp)UKAUG logo dark-bg 250w no strap![](https://ukaug.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Talk-and-Chat-Image.png)](https://ukaug.co.uk/event/talk-chat-january-mike-wolfe-ai-access/) ## Slide Deck Warning: It's not fancy. And I didn't even really use it in the presentation. But it does have a plethora of pithy platitudes! (*Thay that three timeth fatht!)* [UKAUG\_2026-01.pdf](https://assets.nolongerset.com/2026/UKAUG%5F2026-01.pdf) ## Tools to Code with AI ### VCS Add-in [GitHub - joyfullservice/msaccess-vcs-addin: Synchronize your Access Forms, Macros, Modules, Queries, Reports, and more with a version control system.Synchronize your Access Forms, Macros, Modules, Queries, Reports, and more with a version control system. - joyfullservice/msaccess-vcs-addin![](https://github.githubassets.com/assets/pinned-octocat-093da3e6fa40.svg)GitHubjoyfullservice![](https://opengraph.githubassets.com/55d62eb37437c5ca5d7c5545f13efe19c5222369d0af23df8e11f982e609cbd1/joyfullservice/msaccess-vcs-addin)](https://github.com/joyfullservice/msaccess-vcs-addin) [Access Version Control Add-in Deep Dive with Adam WallerBehind the Scenes of the Add-in That Makes Git Workflows Possible for Access Databases (an Access User Group Talk with Adam Waller)![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/size/w256h256/2020/09/NLS_Icon_square.png)No Longer SetMike Wolfe![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/2026/01/AUG-VCS-Add-in-Deep-Dive.jpg)](https://nolongerset.com/aug-vcs-deep-dive/) ### Agentic AI Coding Tools [Claude Code - AI coding agent for terminal & IDE | ClaudeClaude Code is an agentic AI coding tool that understands your entire codebase. Edit files, run commands, debug issues, and ship faster—directly from your terminal, IDE, Slack or on the web.![](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6889473510b50328dbb70ae6/689f4a9aff1f63fde75cf733_favicon.png)logo![](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6889473510b50328dbb70ae6/68c469d41149ace562bfd24d_og-claude-product-claude-code.jpg)](https://claude.com/product/claude-code) [CursorBuilt to make you extraordinarily productive, Cursor is the best way to code with AI.![](https://cursor.com/marketing-static/icon-512x512.png)Cursor![](https://cursor.com/public/opengraph-image.png)](https://cursor.com/) ### Markdown Viewers **Obsidian** is best for managing a folder full of Markdown files–such as those that will accumulate in your code repositories over time when working with AI coding agents: [Obsidian - Sharpen your thinkingThe free and flexible app for your private thoughts.![](https://obsidian.md/favicon.svg)Obsidian![](https://obsidian.md/images/banner.png)](https://obsidian.md/) --- **MarkText** is a lightweight Markdown viewer and editor that is ideal as the "default" application for opening `.md` Markdown files on Windows. (*Obsidian does not allow you to open a random `.md` file on your filesystem; it insists on creating Markdown "vaults" at the folder level.*) [MarkText - Simple and Elegant Markdown Editor![](https://marktext.me/favicon.png)Simple and Elegant Markdown Editor](https://marktext.me/) ### Building Tight Feedback Loops for AI The best way to unlock AI's potential in its current form is to provide it with as tight a feedback loop as possible and then let it iterate. [Artificial Intelligence Learns to Learn Entirely on Its Own | Quanta MagazineA new version of AlphaGo needed no human instruction to figure out how to clobber the best Go player in the world — itself.![](https://www.quantamagazine.org/wp-content/themes/quanta2024/frontend/images/favicon.png)Quanta MagazineKevin Hartnett![](https://d2r55xnwy6nx47.cloudfront.net/uploads/2017/10/AlphaGo520x292.jpg)](https://www.quantamagazine.org/artificial-intelligence-learns-to-learn-entirely-on-its-own-20171018/) [clsLog: A VBA Logging FrameworkIntroducing clsLog, the no-frills logging framework. Prepare to supercharge your Access logging with the closest thing to NLog or Log4j in the VBA world.![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/size/w256h256/2020/09/NLS_Icon_square.png)No Longer SetMike Wolfe![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/2024/07/logging-framework.jpg)](https://nolongerset.com/clslog/) [Python-inspired Doc Tests in VBADoc tests are not a replacement for unit or integration testing. But they do provide the best return on investment (ROI) of any type of test, mostly because the effort to write them is near zero.![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/size/w256h256/2020/09/NLS_Icon_square.png)No Longer SetMike Wolfe![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/2020/09/20200921_173427---gbm18---.png)](https://nolongerset.com/python-inspired-doc-tests-in-vba/) ### Voice-to-Text: When Typing Can't Keep Up This is not your phone's built-in voice-to-text transcription. This is a context-aware magician that can actually save you time, especially when interacting with AI via a typical chat UI or an agentic tool like Claude Code or Cursor. [You have been invited to Flow | Wispr FlowFlow makes writing quick and clear with seamless voice dictation. It is the fastest, smartest way to type with your voice.![](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/682f84b3838c89f8ff7667db/684b3be32acf9b372f54d041_ws-favi.png)Wispr Flow![](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/682f84b3838c89f8ff7667db/68a88aaf20d7d8f0f302007c_referral-og-min.jpg)](https://wisprflow.ai/r?MIKE2032) FULL DISCLOSURE: This is an affiliate/invite link. If you sign up via this link and dictate 2,000 words, I get a free month of WisprFlow. Doesn't cost you anything. Doesn't cost me anything (besides this disclaimer note). And if I didn't have this invite link, I would have posted a regular link to WisprFlow. ## Feature Development with AI [Code that Fits in Your Head“Code that Fits in Your Head” is to senior software developers what “Code Complete” is to junior software developers. I can think of no higher praise.![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/size/w256h256/2020/09/NLS_Icon_square.png)No Longer SetMike Wolfe![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/2023/08/Code-That-Fits-in-Your-Head.jpg)](https://nolongerset.com/code-that-fits-in-your-head/) [What are Pure Functions?The concept of pure functions explained in under 100 words. #under100![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/size/w256h256/2020/09/NLS_Icon_square.png)No Longer SetMike Wolfe![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/2023/08/Pure-functions--1-.jpeg)](https://nolongerset.com/what-are-pure-functions/) [Idempotence vs. DeterminismIdempotent functions can safely be run multiple times. Deterministic functions always return the same output given the same inputs. Let’s explore further.![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/size/w256h256/2020/09/NLS_Icon_square.png)No Longer SetMike Wolfe![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/2023/02/Idempotence-vs.-Determinism.jpeg)](https://nolongerset.com/idempotence-vs-determinism/) ## Future of AI ### Future of Software Development with AI > However, we’re fairly confident that the overall trend is roughly correct, at around 1-4 doublings per year. If the measured trend from the past 6 years continues for **2-4 more years**, generalist autonomous agents will be capable of performing a wide range of **week-long tasks**. [Measuring AI Ability to Complete Long Tasks![](https://metr.org/assets/images/favicon/favicon.png)METR19 March 2025![](https://metr.org/assets/images/measuring-ai-ability-to-complete-long-tasks/length-of-tasks-log.png)](https://metr.org/blog/2025-03-19-measuring-ai-ability-to-complete-long-tasks/) --- ### Solve 1 Problem 3+ Ways Coding tools that can run unattended for days at a time will require new techniques in software development. One such technique is to generate multiple algorithms to achieve the same result. This greatly reduces the chances of logic errors in code. I wrote about the technique years ago, but **writing multiple solutions by hand to the same problem is not practical** in most scenarios. But if one had access to a tool that excelled at such tedious tasks... [Reduce Logic Errors in Critical CodeSoftware Developers Can Almost Eliminate Logic Errors With This Powerful Technique![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/size/w256h256/2020/09/NLS_Icon_square.png)No Longer SetMike Wolfe![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/2021/10/Reducing-Logic-Errors.jpg)](https://nolongerset.com/reduce-logic-errors-in-critical-code/) --- ### Jevons Paradox In short, the Jevons Paradox is the observation that the more efficient a resource is to use (code generation, in our case), the faster demand for the resource will rise–often leading to **increased overall resource consumption** despite the gains in efficiency. In other words, AI will make writing code so efficient (and relatively cheap) that we will find many more uses for it–leading to **greater long-term demand for software developers**, not less. [Jevons paradox - Wikipedia![](https://en.wikipedia.org/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png)Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.Contributors to Wikimedia projects![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/CottonopolisCropped.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons%5Fparadox) ## Past Presentations If you enjoyed my presentation today, you may enjoy some of my previous presentations, as well. [Presentations - No Longer SetAdvanced techniques and unique perspectives from a guy who pushes the limits of Microsoft Access software development. Warning: may contain strong opinions.![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/size/w256h256/2020/09/NLS_Icon_square.png)No Longer SetMike Wolfe![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/2020/08/access-2348384_1920_background-3.jpg)](https://nolongerset.com/tag/presentations/) --- **UPDATE* \[2026-01-29\]: Added Slide Deck section with link to PDF version of the slide deck I didn't use during my presentation. Also, added missing link to my past presentations.*