Why IKEA Wins
They are bad at most stuff. So what is the secret?
Work
Unfortunately, AI Might Be Turning Us Into Peasants
Reading a lot of ACOUP, lot of issues with the video, but the idea of techno-feudalism has its logic.
The Programming Ape
Understanding people helps you understand software and organizations.
Thousand Mozarts
Just make pople flourish now.
How Complex Systems Fail
It is not matter of if, but matter of how. “The failures change constantly because of changing technology, work organization, and efforts to eradicate failures.” https://how.complexsystems.fail/
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
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