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AI without the BS and code reviews

An excellent keynote video on AI with some great hands on demos and a study backing up what makes code reviews useful.


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AI agents v records, London Eye and no sales calls

No post yesterday as I was in the Netherlands for work but today we have the move from data records to AI agents, the history of the London Eye and an unusual approach to enterprise sales (no sales calls).


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Economic disruption and the thermostat battle

A predicted upcoming economic disruption, and it is not AI, and the battle for the thermostat that is very real in our house.


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Orders of magnitude and a new type of clock

The impact two orders of magnitude can have on what is needed to accomplish a task and a new type of clock designed to be the basis of an approach that is more attack resistant than the existing GPS infrastructure.


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The red of Mars, AI variability and strong engineers

Some funky science may have worked out that we have been wrong on why/how Mars is red, the variability difference between AI generated code and programming language code, and identifying a “strong” engineer.


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Making something boring memorable

Most orders online follow the same pattern - you order, you get an email to confirm it and then you might get updates on progress as it makes it’s way to your house.


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English for programming, blogging v AI and speaking up

Is there a chance that all programs in future will be written in English rather than a programming language? Why we should still blog even though AI can create everything so well and so quickly. And how to speak up for something you believe in.


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Mona Lisa, people as resources and AI saves a life

How the Mona Lisa became the most famous painting in the world due to newspapers, forgetting people are really people and the advice from ChatGPT saving a life.


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Dream job video, software quality and annoying engineers

A great video from Google with a nice twist, four categories of software quality and way to annoy engineers (not just senior engineers as the title says).


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The IT jobs downturn, item purposes and no sales calls

Today the links cover the significant downturn in the IT job market, why people buy things that are not just for what they do and an approach to avoiding enterprise sales calls by using email instead.


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