Some “AI” related stuff today, with the idea of prompt engineering being requirements engineering and how these new tools can enable non-programmers to get closer to the code. I also liked how much Wil Wheaton likes a new metro line. Leadership RTO mandates lead to us questioning leaders - it was never about RTO. Engineering Prompt Engineering Is Requirements Engineering - I don’t think we were ever good at requirements, how are we going to be good with prompts? ...
If you have a weird fascination with trams, you should probably check out the full World Tramdriver Championship video. Otherwise, the podcast with the author of Code Complete is great, so is the one about a train ride through Canada. Engineering Hashed sorting is typically faster than hash tables - in case it comes up in the next interview :-) “Shai-Hulud” NPM attack runs malicious GitHub Action - more NPM fun ...
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 ...
TI 99/4A home computer original box for European market This week I enjoyed the post about dealing with abandoned EV charger hardware and of course, the video about the TI 99/4A. Leadership Nobody Wins at Calendar Tetris - busy doesn’t mean productive Tech debt isn’t an ‘IT issue.’ It’s a business strategy - yep. The Management Skill Nobody Talks About - how to fail good. Engineering Building your own CLI Coding Agent with Pydantic-AI - lots of them are popping up now. It is a good intro to the tools and libraries. ...
The band Kraftwerk on stage Lots of good stuff again this week. I recommend listening to the history of TrainingPeaks and coding in the red-queen area. Leadership Using postmortems to break out of infinite loops | Adnan Karač | LDX3 London 2025 [YouTube] - a quick talking about how to make them useful. Team OKRs in Action - they have to be co-created, not top down. Why Do Interviewers Ask Linked List Questions? - tradition. I last worked with linked lists in C on the Amiga. ...