Jeremy McGee

@JeremyMcGee
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Completionist. Writer of software. Rider of bicycles. Mender, fixer, helper. Lead tech at Nationwide, building society; toots are mine.

Is there a "Modern Waterfall" rising in the new landscape of software development, or am I misunderstanding?

I wrote a post about it:
https://davidvujic.blogspot.com/2026/03/agile-agentic-engineering.html

#agenticengineering #ai #softwaredevelopment #agile

Agile & Agentic Engineering

Don't fall into a waterfall-style of software development. It's a trap.

The number of team speed problems that are actually decision-clarity problems is much higher than people think.

https://cate.blog/2025/03/11/decisions-3/

Decisions

Credit: Joe Groove Recently, someone asked me for my “Leadership philosophy”. My initial reaction was to panic, but after taking a deep breath and a bit of time to think, I came up with this answer…

Accidentally in Code

Great video. Watch it!

(This is Prof. Ada Palmer @adapalmer)

The “human in the loop” AI job isn’t an oversight role. It’s a liability seat. The people sitting in it mostly don’t know that’s what they were hired to be. Here’s the architecture. https://markatwood.substack.com/p/the-warm-body-problem
The Warm Body Problem

You were hired to get blamed for things. Not to stop them.

Words about Thoughts
Best explanation for Quantum Mechanics I've ever heard

I heard stories of people who've fed crows, and been given gifts in return. It sounded charming, so I began doing that.

Then, one night, there was a rapping on my bedroom window. I stumbled up and opened.

A crow flew in and spoke: "They're coming for you. You must flee."

I only just made it out.

#TootFic #SmallStories #MicroFiction

Encouraging the youth to watch Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) to radicalize them against private sector sabotage of public transit options
The 3S triad (sentience, sapience & salience) was introduced as part of my continued work on the role of AI/Human balance. This post also positions the importance in the context of my experiences in Ukraine (a week of teaching in Lviv) just over a week ago. https://thecynefin.co/twilights-last-gleaming/
The Rush to Adopt AI: Business Risks & How to Get it Right

Sarah Wells & Nick Selby: AI tools need access to your crown jewels to be useful - so what's your blast radius when it goes wrong? Read the conversation.

Why agentic AI creeps out women: because it's written by bros for bros who want Stepford Wives, and conveys that vibe: commercial AIs are fine-tuned to perform as cheerfully submissive handmaids, not working partners:

https://abiawomosu.substack.com/p/they-built-stepford-ai-and-called

(via https://awful.systems/comment/10543801)

They Built Stepford AI and Called It “Agentic”

Women’s “ick” for AI isn’t technophobia or a gap to close. It’s wisdom to act on.

How Not To Use AI