The Dashboard Was Right. I Still Missed It.
Our support budgets reset on the first of the month. For six months, that erased every overrun before I got around to looking at it.
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You Don't Know the Limits Until You See Them Pushed
A colleague shared a story about getting to run laps on a race track. What he learned there applies far beyond driving.
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One Race, But A Lot More Than That
Last year my oldest booked a solo trip to the US Formula 1 Grand Prix in Austin. My wife had other ideas about how solo that trip would be.
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AI Is Your Hammer. But Not Every Problem Is a Nail.
In a recent AI workshop, we almost used AI on a scoring process. Then we realized we needed the opposite of what AI provides.
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Build vs. Buy in the Age of AI
The build-vs-buy debate is as old as software itself. I had an idea for an article about it. Then AI convinced me to turn it into a rap song instead.
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It's Not the AI, It's How You're Evaluating It
People throw a one-time prompt at an AI tool, check back when it's done, and declare AI development doesn't work. The problem isn't the tool. It's the expectation.
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If you want to take the island, burn the boats
I figured out why I hate treadmills. It's not the running. It's that I have the choice to quit.
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Artificial Intelligence will take your job!
Since ChatGPT was released a year ago, I've heard this more than anything else. Here's why I'm not worried, and why you shouldn't be either.
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