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I was born at the perfect time to pursue a career in full-stack software development. I grew up programming 8-bit computers, then learned Unix in college. I entered the workforce at the emergence of Windows for Workgroups and Linux, and I'll be retiring right about the time the AI's make me redundant. Also, the year Social Security goes broke.
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Months and months of planning by lots and lots of middle management can save literally hours of programming.
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Give a man a program, and you'll frustrate him for a day. Teach a man to program, and you'll frustrate him for a lifetime.
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I have a mental illness that makes me think that people will change their minds if I present the correct arguments with the appropriate facts and data.
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I've put all of my skill points into arguing with blinking lights.
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But I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a new piece of Apple gear, to lust after it, hath committed purchase of it already in his heart.
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Don't say you're easy on me; you're about as easy as a nuclear war.
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I sold the Renoir and the TV set; don't wanna be around when this gets out.
Duran Duran, The Reflex
Tag Archives: Corporate IT
The Ineffable Act of Testing
Someday, I should write a book about the outrageous things I’ve seen in IT at Fortune 250’s. For now, the short story is that — once again — my little solo project has achieved great success, and attracted people who … Continue reading
The UK Doesn’t Have a Productivity Puzzle
Then there is red tape. For measure, the UK’s tax code comes in at 22,000 pages, more than any other country in the world. The Federation of Small Businesses estimates that a small company spends 44 hours per year on … Continue reading
AI is the New Oil
AI is the new oil in Fortune 500 companies. Everyone is jockeying for budget to hire consultants and supervise bloated projects using commercial AI products for non-critical-path purposes, rather than developing in-house expertise at creating models with the wealth of … Continue reading
Cloud Resource Whack-A-Mole
As a perfect example of process-oriented approach to IT, every once in awhile, someone deep in the bowels of the machine presses a button in Azure, and a script gets fired off to rifle through every resource in the cloud, … Continue reading
Process-Oriented Culture
I recently sat in a zoom call with about 10 other people, talking about a project that will eventually steal a lot of my thunder by co-opting a big part of something I have been doing, quite successfully for 5 … Continue reading
Even More on the Capabilities of Current-Gen “AI”
Another Twitter post led me to this Reddit post: Further down in the comments, OP had this to say: I copy-paste all of this for full context, but I want to emphasize this paragraph: It tried a bunch of things … Continue reading
Book Review: From Oversight To Overkill
This article from Astral Codex Ten is making rounds in my Twitter feed. It describes the lack of progress in society to the avoidance of — not just dangerous issues, or most danger issues — but all danger. That is, … Continue reading
More AI for all the Corporate IT Things
Last month, I was talking about how I didn’t understand what my bluechip Fortune 250 is doing with AI. From AI for all the Corporate IT Things: Well, it’s a good thing I don’t understand, because he’s not talking about … Continue reading
AI for all the Corporate IT Things
I got an email with a link to a “town hall” about IT. I said to myself, alright, I dare you to tell me something interesting or actionable, and started watching the replay. The CIO leads off, of course. His … Continue reading
The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer Security
The opposite of “Default Permit” is “Default Deny” and it is a really good idea. It takes dedication, thought, and understanding to implement a “Default Deny” policy, which is why it is so seldom done. It’s not that much harder … Continue reading