Andrew Cornwall

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I've been interested in technology for a little while. Currently getting paid (#ForresterResearch) to be interested in the frontend from #mobile to #XR. Researching #DeveloperExperience #devexp. Author and all hazards #INCM
Work bloghttps://www.forrester.com/blogs/author/andrew_cornwall/
Andrew CornwallFeb 12
Ars TechnicaFeb 11
Byte magazine artist Robert Tinney, who illustrated the birth of PCs, dies at 78
He became one of the first to visualize personal computing by painting vivid cover art.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/02/byte-magazine-artist-robert-tinney-who-illustrated-the-birth-of-pcs-dies-at-78/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Andrew CornwallFeb 10
Cat HicksFeb 9
Just read another big tech post about the future of software engineering. Lots of people quoted: not a single woman quoted.
Show threadAndrew CornwallFeb 7
@ACM Ok, that was neat. I started with n=10 and guessed the pattern would continue; my hunch was right!
Andrew CornwallFeb 5
Andrew DuckerFeb 4
Link Post: Some good news about writing. https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2026/02/04/liver-me-timbers
Show threadAndrew CornwallJan 27
@grimalkina https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.08025
How to organize an in-person, online or hybrid hackathon -- A revised planning kit

Hackathons and similar time-bounded events are a global phenomenon. Their proliferation in various domains and their usefulness for a variety of goals has led to the emergence of different formats. While there are a multitude of guidelines available on how to prepare and run a hackathon, most of them focus on a particular format that was created for a specific purpose within a domain for a certain type of participant. This makes it difficult, in particular, for novice organizers to decide how to run an event that fits their needs. To address this gap we developed the original version of this planning kit in 2020 which focused on in-person events that were the dominant form of hackathons then. That planning kit was organized around 12 key decisions that organizers need to take when preparing for, running, and following up on a hackathon. Fast forward to 2025, after going through a global pandemic that forced all events to move online, we now see different forms of events - in-person, online, and hybrid - taking place across the globe, and while they can be all valuable, they have different affordances and require different considerations when planning. To account for these differences, we decided to update the original planning kit by adding a section that discusses the affordances and requirements of in-person, online, and hybrid events to each of the 12 decisions. In addition, we modified the original example timelines to include different forms and types of events. We also updated the planning kit in general based on insights we gained through continuing to organize and study hackathons. The main planning kit is available online while this report is meant to be a downloadable and citable resource.

arXiv.org
Andrew CornwallJan 24
Tao of MacJan 24

Bugs Apple Loves

A+. No notes… Oh well, OK, I’ll say my piece.(...)

#apple #bugs #engineering #ios #mac #metrics #productivity

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Andrew CornwallJan 17
Show threadBen WaberJan 16

First was "You Are Not a Kinesthetic Learner" by Thomas Fallace. This combination scientific history and educational research primer provides a great overview to the state of the field but also a fascinating case study in how difficult it can be to challenge popular but unsupported concepts. Highly recommend

Full review: https://bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/review/9486032/s/a-methodical-takedown-of-learning-styles#anchor-9486032 (2/3) #education #history #learning

Ben Waber's review of You Are Not a Kinesthetic Learner - BookWyrm

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Andrew CornwallJan 15
Beth PariseauJan 14

Hot off the press! #Dynatrace customers and industry analysts react to the acquisition of #DevCycle this week.

The combination boosts users' direct control over software rollouts, but it's far from the only newly diversified tool available for shops looking to consolidate. https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/news/366637355/Dynatrace-DevCycle-buy-continues-observability-consolidation

#Dynatrace #Snowflake #observeinc #o11y #observability #featureflagging #featuremanagement #OpenFeature #Datadog #devops #softwaredevelopment #softwaredelivery #enterprisetech #AIOps

Dynatrace DevCycle buy continues observability consolidation

The combination boosts users' direct control over software rollouts, but it's far from the only newly diversified tool available for shops looking to consolidate.

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Andrew CornwallJan 13
DmytriJan 12

I hereby coin the term "Ptolemaic Code" to refer to software that appears functional but is based on a fundamentally incorrect model of the problem domain. As more code is generated by AI, the prevalence of such code is likely to increase.
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#TheGeneralTheoryOfSlop

Show threadAndrew CornwallJan 11

@jik I agree 100%! The difference between fiber and GPUs should be obvious.

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Andrew Cornwall (@[email protected])

@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] The difference between dark fiber and dark data centers is that you could leave the fiber in place until the capacity caught up - the money had already been spent. With data centers, there are ongoing costs, even if you shut them down. Gotta pay for security to make sure nothing walks away. The GPUs become old tech that's expensive/inefficient to run. By the time they start up again, it'll be like a bunch of Radeon 4850s.

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