Friday, September 12, 2025

Friday Links 25-19

Screenshot from War games, computer screen reading "Seattle Public School District Datanet - With User Password: pencil"
Small selection today. Some good reads, about the job market, corporate job, and a good podcasts about teams & AI.

Leadership

Organizational design and Team Topologies after AI [Podcast] - a much more balanced view on the changes AI brings to teams 

MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing - a bit older article 

AI Adoption Rate Trending Down for Large Companies - this is more interesting, maybe theory is hitting reality now

The Job Market Is Hell - another thing buggered up by AI

The death of the corporate job. - I like it. I never worked for a corporate job, so I don't know how true it is. 

Engineering

npm debug and chalk packages compromised (Aikido) [LWN] - The aftermath of this is still happening.  

Environment

This is amazing: The @esaclimate office have produced a beautiful set of easy to access tools for using with their satellite data products.  [Mastodon] - Quite a treasure chest

Urbanism

The Genius Plan to Make Amsterdam Car Centric [YouTube] - luckily it didn't happen. 

s the Tube strike turning London’s cycle lanes into a New Amsterdam or a “mosh pits on wheels”? - this looks nice. It also shows how many people use bicycles and public transport.

I Rode the Longest Waterfront Path in the World  [YouTube] - we need more waterfront rides.

Why Paris Is Extending One Of Its Metro Lines... With A Cable Car  [YouTube] - weird, but pretty solution. 

Random Hackers

Children hacking their own schools for 'fun', watchdog warns - didn't everybody at least try this? 

Greece announces €1.6bn relief package to tackle population decline - more EU countries will follow, or allow more migrants in. 

“Some of this stuff is harder to get hold of than rare analogue synths”: Why we’re in the midst of a vintage software revival - keeping old software alive is important 

Friday Links Disclaimer
Inclusion of links does not imply that I agree with the content of linked articles or podcasts. I am just interested in all kinds of perspectives. If you follow the link posts over time, you might notice common themes, though.
More about the links in a separate post: About Friday Links.

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