01-Oct-2025 Content of Interest
Software
- Care and Swear (Mike Fisher)
Good cop, bad cop, all rolled into one.
- The Software Essays that Shaped Me
(Michael Lynch)
Good book summaries.
- Getting AI to Work in Complex Codebases (Dexter Horthy)
"I am now fully convinced that AI for coding is not just for toys and prototypes, but rather a deeply technical engineering craft."
- Leading Through Ambiguity (Mike Fisher)
"Ambiguity isn’t the enemy; pretending it isn’t there is."
Web
- Development gets better with Age (Dr. Werner Vogels)
"As an older developer, you’ve also seen patterns repeat themselves… constantly."
- Greenland is a beautiful nightmare (Mathew Duggan)
Good read. "It is the closest I have ever felt to living a sci-fi type experience."
- GenAI Predictions
(Tim Bray)
Pragmatic point of view.