Today in the northern hemisphere it is the Winter Solstice. In many cultures, the Winter Solstice is a time celebrated with family gatherings and feasting, as we celebrate the shortest day of the year and the knowledge that the days get longer and presumably better once we’re past this nadir. There’s a Chinese saying that…
Month: December 2025
(AI) Tools don’t make products. Strategy makes products.
Unless you live under a rock, you’ve been hearing and seeing a lot about the introduction of AI into software development processes. I’ve seen it happen myself – the impetus can come from both developers wanting a better way to automate drudge code conversions as well as upper management wanting to reduce headcounts. AI-assisted software…
Managing multiple remote engineering teams for fun and profit
COVID-19 drove many workers home, and now many companies are trying to reel those same workers back to the office. Is this smart? Answer: (as always) It depends. I’m going to talk a bit about this today from the point of view of software evolutionary pressure, rather than the more common (but perhaps more important)…