Mastodawn

Jeremy McGee Mar 16

David Vujic Mar 15

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.

Jeremy McGee Mar 12

cate Mar 12

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

Jeremy McGee Mar 10

Weltzeitgeist Mar 9

Great video. Watch it!

(This is Prof. Ada Palmer @adapalmer)

Jeremy McGee Mar 6

Mark Atwood Mar 5

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

Jeremy McGee Mar 5

Ben Mar 4

Best explanation for Quantum Mechanics I've ever heard

Jeremy McGee Mar 1

Micro SF/F by O. Westin Feb 28

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

Jeremy McGee Mar 1

Unnamed TNG skant beefcake Dec 12, 2022

Encouraging the youth to watch Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) to radicalize them against private sector sabotage of public transit options

Jeremy McGee Feb 24

Dave Snowden Feb 23

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/

Jeremy McGee Feb 24

Nick Selby

Feb 23

The Rush to Adopt AI: Business Risks

https://gotopia.tech/articles/427/the-rus-to-adopt-ai-business-risks-how-to-get-it-right

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.

Jeremy McGee Feb 24

Charlie Stross Feb 23

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