Software

• When Nothing Happens (Mike Fisher) “Whether one is viewed as an abusive leader or a master motivator is in the eye of the beholder.”
• Ordinary Engineers, Not Heroic Inventors (Tim O’Reilly) "This is how the future can belong not just to the inventors of AI but to the people who make it usable, adaptable, interoperable, and worth adopting."
• This Is How To Overcome Burnout: 5 Secrets From Philosophy (Eric Barker) "We’ve internalized the values of the achievement society."
• TBM 429: How To Thrive At Work When You Think Too Much (John Cutler) TL;DR, but I love the pirate ship analogy.
• Why I Stopped Arguing With People (Cong Wang) "So put it away. Stay humble. Keep asking."
• Code review is theater now (John Bristowe) "AI sped up the belt, and the chocolates aren’t going to wrap themselves."
• In defense of AI mandates (Charity Majors) "The mandate is one way of putting organizational muscle behind a decision." May have validity, but still feels cringy.

Web

• Stop eating Lady Gaga’s Oreos (Adam Mastroianni) Good read. "This Great Switcheroo happened, I think, because as it got harder to become rich, it got easier to become famous."