What I Learned From Playing “Spelling Bee”
I ve been playing Spelling Bee for a few weeks now, where you guess words from a selection of seven letters, one of which must be used in every word. The [ ]
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What It’s Like To Lead An Engineering Org: Thoughts On “CTO In The Loop”
I just read CTO In The Loop by Balki Kodarapu. It s free on Kindle through July 20th, so if you want to give it a read, go do that now. [ ]
What I Don’t See When I’m Envious
I m getting to the age where peers have accomplished a lot. I m not talking about people who were exceptional out of the gate and did great things in their 20s [ ]
AI Can’t Care
I saw one post recently discussing how AI can t substitute for judgment. There are many others if you search. And they all make an interesting argument. But to me what [ ]
Meetings are forcing functions
A recurring meeting serves as a powerful forcing function for long-running projects. Many organizations face a common challenge: a complex project that requires effort and perspectives from multiple people, moves [ ]
The Nepotism That Isn’t
This is something I ve learned over the years, having watched it happen at company after company. I thought it was worth documenting for future me. When I was a young [ ]
Reflections from the February AI Builders Meetup
I just went to the latest AI Builders Meetup and it was really fascinating. It reminded me of the years of the Boulder-Denver New Tech Meetup, where there was so [ ]
Top Professional Accomplishments
Not to get maudlin, but it is fun to think about accomplishments over the years. The days are long, but the years are short, and I can t believe I ve been [ ]
MVP = embarrassing
This is a re-post of an article I wrote in 2019 for the Gocode Colorado blog which is no longer available. Thank you Wayback Machine! So, we need this feature [ ]
What New Developers Need to Know About Working with AI
It s been a few years since I wrote Letters to a New Developer, about what I wish I d known when I was starting out. The industry has changed with the [ ]