Bliki: Expansion Joints
Back in the days when I did live talks, one of my abilities was to finish on time, even if my talk time was cut at...
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Trust Calibration for AI Software Builders
Trust calibration is a concept from the world of human-machine interaction design, one that is super relevant to AI software builders. Trust calibration is the practice...
Read moreNew trend: extreme hours at AI startups
Two months after publishing this article, The Wall Street Journal covered the same trend in its article AI workers are putting in 100-hour workweeks to win...
Read moreTeam OKRs in Action
OKRs have become a popular way to connect strategy with execution in large organizations. But when they are set in a top‑down cascade, they often lose...
Read moreImpact Intelligence, addressing common objections
Sriram Narayan concludes his article in impact intelligence by addressing five common objections to this activity, including slowing down, lack of agility and collaboration, and the...
Read moreGo 1.25 is released
The Go Blog Go 1.25 is released Dmitri Shuralyov, on behalf of the Go team 12 August 2025 Today the Go team is pleased to release...
Read moreGames as Model Eval: 1-Click Deploy AI Town on Fly.io
Recently, I suggested that The Future Isn’t Model Agnostic, that it’s better to pick one model that works for your project and build around it, rather...
Read moreThe Future Isn’t Model Agnostic
Your users don’t care that your AI project is model agnostic. In my last project, I spent countless hours ensuring that the LLMs running my services...
Read moreQuick but worthwhile links
Abi Noda observes Just met with a 2000+ eng company. Their developers are saving 2+ hours per week thanks to Copilot. But they’re also losing: 3...
Read moreActions to improve impact intelligence
Sriram Narayan continues his article on impact intelligence by outlining five actions that can be done to improve impact intelligence: introduce robust demand management, pay down...
Read moreThe Reformist CTO’s Guide to Impact Intelligence
The productivity of knowledge workers is hard to quantify and often decoupled from direct business outcomes. The lack of understanding leads to many initiatives, bloated tech...
Read moreSoftware books I wish I could read
New Logic for Programmers Release! v0.11 is now available! This is over 20% longer than v0.10, with a new chapter on code proofs, three chapter overhauls,...
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