10 Percent of People
It is a business meme that 10 percent of people do 90 percent of the work (or 20/80). There is some truth to it but if we take it at a face value, it needs to be a fractal. So… Read More »10 Percent of People
Why Is Software Not Cheap Yet?
We are several years in of LLMs “revolution” in software engineering. Why is software not cheap yet? If the models really make it so easy to produce it, we should see at least some reductions in costs. New competitors of… Read More »Why Is Software Not Cheap Yet?
LLMs And Leadership Skills
If LLMs really can do a work of Juniors at least (even if Mediors or Seniors), the new skill actually is leadership. Managing, defining what needs to be done, why, how. What matters and what can be skipped. I do… Read More »LLMs And Leadership Skills
Why I remain a skeptic
Ouch. “We are 4 years into this ‘revolution’ and the industry has almost nothing to show for it. Software has not improved in quality, got faster, become cheaper to produce (when you exclude the mountain of poor-quality demoware that no… Read More »Why I remain a skeptic
Why Is Hungary So Small?
Hard to conquer place like that. “After 900, only about two foreign invasions of the Pannonian Basin succeeded. One was none other than the Mongols.” https://unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/p/why-is-hungary-so-small
Points In History
Find what countries a point on a map belonged to throughout history. https://hanshack.com/point-in-history/#1.78/36.3/8.3
Why US Isn’t Broke Yet
How countries go broke.
Being Responsible
But towards whom? If you are responsible at work, sometimes you do more than will be appreciated and your family might suffer. But if you do not do it, your colleagues might suffer because something will not work properly. It… Read More »Being Responsible
Coming Back
Nowadays it is quick to get a summary of what happened using LLMs coming back from vacation. But what you miss by that is how it happened. How it got around to the state you have came back to. Seeing… Read More »Coming Back
Solar Energy Solves Global Warming
Are some people counting on stuff like this so much that we do not do much now to cut emissions? “If pulling CH4 from the ground is only getting more expensive, and the energy needed to pull it from the… Read More »Solar Energy Solves Global Warming