The End of the Shallow Developer
AI making code cheaper means understanding will get very expensive
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AI Is Widening the Gap Between a CS Degree and a Software Job
We had a flawed educational pipeline that relied on employers to handle the vocational pieces. AI is making that system unviable.
Deep Focus is a Skill and Skills Can be Trained
I wasn't born with the ability to do deep work; I developed it like any other skill.
Skill Issue? Yep.
Struggling with AI tools is a skill issue, but it's not the one the boosters say it is.
The AI Pragmatist's Survival Guide
Your company has lost its mind about AI. Here's some advice for staying afloat.
AI Search Could Kill the Web That Feeds It
Search without discovery is bad for publishers and consumers.
LLM Security: Prompt Injection
Part 1 of a series about LLM security concerns, explained for mere mortals.
I Ran an Experiment on my Gaming PC. Windows Lost.
I installed Linux on my gaming machine, and I am genuinely surprised.
Workslop is Killing Your Culture
Somewhere in your company, there are people who are drowning. The worst part is that they're your most competent employees, the ones who not only care about the quality of the work product, but also have the skills to improve it. This isn't a post about
The AI Ate My Homework
Another month, more AI models, more problems.
AI Companies Hope the Government is Stupid
What distillation is, how it relates to copyright, and why I feel no pity for any AI company complaining about it.
Self-Hosting Fundamentals is live!
TLDR; Here's a link to the course. It always pains me when I see a developer get sticker shock from hosting their application on Vercel or one of the big cloud vendors. You see, these products are convenient: you click a few buttons and, like magic, your application
AI's Airline Problem
AI companies may be flying into a pricing trap
Onboarding Is a Learning Experience
Why don't more companies treat it like one?
The Developer Hiring Market is Broken
It's time to scrap it
The Shadow IT Apocalypse is Upon Us
And it's a failure of leadership
AI-First is Just Corporate Theater
AI first is corporate theater, and your workers know it.
Apprenticeship is the Future of Skilled Talent
Why Smart Companies Are Building Their Own Talent Pipelines
It's Time for Management to Re-Learn Goodhart's Law
Goodhart's Law states that "when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure."