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AI, platforms, and the mechanics of engineering organizations.
A Peek Inside My DotfilesA tour of the small mechanisms in my dotfiles that make my development environment reproducible and quiet.
Software Engineering7m read
The Agent Should Not Be the ArchitectureThe agent should maintain the system, not become the architecture.
AI / Software Engineering5m read
Having First Dibs Is OverratedBeing first to a new AI tool is useful for learning, but overrated as an advantage.
AI / Software Engineering2m read
AI Did Not Expand Your AttentionAI increased our capacity to generate work. It did not increase our capacity to care about it.
AI / Leadership5m read
Your GenAI Strategy is TheaterYour board wants to know what you're doing about AI. Here's what you should tell them: We don't have a GenAI strategy, and that's intentional.
AI / Strategy / Leadership8m read
Is Gen AI Approaching Bubble Territory?Gen AI looks like a bubble, but people are still using it to get real work done.
AI / Software Engineering / Leadership6m read
Diseconomies of Scale: Why Software Slows Down as Companies GrowSoftware is eating the world, and large corporations are choking on it. Every Fortune 50 company knows this pattern: the bigger they get, the slower they ship. It's not a bug, it's a feature of scale itself.
Software / Leadership7m read
What Everyone Gets Wrong About AI and Junior DevsAI won't close the door on junior developers. It's widening the hallway for all of us. From first jobs to executive seats, AI is shifting the developer journey, not ending it.
AI / Leadership / Future of Work5m read
AI Fundamentals: Stripping Away the JargonThe tech industry has a knack for turning simple concepts into incomprehensible jargon. AI is no exception. Strip away the buzzwords, and you'll find something remarkably straightforward.
AI / Learning / Software Engineering7m read