That’s not code – it’s hopes and prayers
Jon Ayre Regardless of the language you're using, if what you write describes accurately and unambiguously what a machine needs to do, you're writing code.
Culture
A personal statement about why it matters
"Jon, why do you care what happens to companies? They're just corporate beasts with no feelings. If they follow bad advice or fall for the hype that's on them. Rich…
SaaS providers and the Jekyll & Hyde dilemma
Companies like Anthropic have one advantage in the world of SaaS. They're developing a product that serves their own Industry sector. This is a very rare situation and it's why…
Fixing tech debt is never a Jira ticket
One of the most common complaints from development teams is that they're never given time to address technical debt. Every ticket is a feature change or bug fix, and never…
Tearing down the software development walls
In software development, the handoff of work from Product Manager to Engineer to QA was always an anti-pattern. It's a shame it's taken AI to wake people up to that…
It’s English Jim, but not as we know it
If you think talking in plain English to an LLM (large language model) will produce a coded solution that does what you want, does it well and will stand the…
The software engineer is dead, long live the software engineer!
The IT industry is only ever as good as the software it produces. There has always been great software, and there has also always been a lot of bad software.
You’re seriously asking if a CTO should have a technology background?
If your CTO isn't from a technical background then, to be quite honest, you have a bias issue, and it's hurting your business.
Time to talk – making it all about people
For many years I’ve avoided presenting at conferences because who needs one more ageing white guy sharing their thoughts? I simply had nothing to say that the other umpteen guys…
For the creators, the crafters and the artists
One thing generative AI has definitely taught us is that there are a significant number of people who can't tell the difference between something average and something excellent. This post…