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  “Spec-driven development (SDD) improves whether the code matches the spec. It does nothing for the more impactful and risky matter of whether the spec matches what users actually need….” Gil Broza hits the nail on the head. Falling back to a waterfall approach while embracing AI is counterproductive. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7475219894716788736/

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  “We had to learn how to live in a world with guns, nuclear weapons, smallpox, alcohol, cigarettes, social media, fentanyl and bitcoin. Now we need to figure out how to live in a world with AI.” Charity Majors posits, “You can't fight fundamentalism with fundamentalism…. Okay, so what DO we do?” https://charitydotwtf.substack.com/p/make-ai-boring-again

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  Just finishing fascinating storyteller Ben Zotto’s book Go Computer Now! The dawn of the personal computer in 1975 – the Sphere, which was both the first to come already assembled - with keyboard and monitor, not just a bunch of switches and LEDs on the front. And the first marketed as a computer for regular people and small businesses, not just hobbyists Zotto also tells the stories of the switch-front computers: MITS and its Altair, IMSAI, SWTP – and eventually the later personal computers, Ta...

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  Tonight’s movie, based on Philip K Dick’s “Adjustment Team”: On Peacock: The Adjustment Bureau. Predestination vs Free Will. Intriguing. Worth watching. Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Anthony Mackie, John Slattery, Michael Kelly, Terence Stamp. (Among other films adapted from Philip K Dick’s work is Blade Runner. Wikipedia, of Dick: “Through his studies in philosophy, he came to believe that existence is based on internal human perception, which does not necessarily correspond to external reality. H...

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  Just back from cycling the Foothills Trail: Orting -> South Prairie -> Buckley -> Enumclaw (and back). 32.7 miles, 2:52. One of my favorite trails.

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  Nate aggregated a few of our most salient points to make them the first minute and a half (including my analogy of execs and AI to teenagers and sex), then the entire half hour of our conversation runs. The topic was leading technology teams in the era of AI. If you have the time, I think the entire conversation is rich. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDWTv_B2sgc

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  Play Wordle? Friend Gil Broza’s daily digital word puzzle Letterage was recently acquired by The Globe and Mail, Canada’s leading newspaper, soon to appear there! Only the second after Wordle to be acquired by a major corporation. Gil has another game and two more puzzles - each “snack-sized” - suitable for a coffee break, commute, or other downtime - each with a new challenge every day - all available free on his portal PlayingWithLetters.com (no app to install).

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  Enough claims. Let’s get some data from the field. Agilist Gervais Johnson has been leading enterprise initiatives moving AI pilots to production. He’ll lead an interactive talk this Wednesday night. Virtual and free. https://www.meetup.com/enterprise-agile-global/events/315602629/ #AItransformation #ai #ml #agiletransformation #digitaltransformation #data #businesstransformation

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  We contributed to WIKIPEDIA again this year. You? https://donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php

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  What do you enjoy that’s free? (But really isn’t?) We contribute to public radio stations in both places we live. We don’t listen much except in the car. But we both really do appreciate it there. And Wikipedia. Love the deep dives into one topic or another (or one topic after another). (And is it ever great not to be bombarded by insistent ads.) You?

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  Parked my bike under the tree with fall colors on the left, along the Burke Gilman Trail, where it swings under the Aurora Bridge. Amazing trail through town. (Seattle)

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  Richard Kasperowski is the entire engineering team at his healthcare startup - well, he and a Scrum team of AI agents. His story of how he got there, and how he evolved to generating 40x the code he would have generated without his agents (and what that means). https://kasperowski.com/i-gave-six-ai-agents-a-scrum-board/

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  Software leaders: Jerry Lee’s 10th annual Engineering Leadership Conference: October 13-14 at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. I can’t attend this year, but previous conferences I’ve spoken, I’ve attended, I’ve relished the conversations with my peeps. Go if you can!!! https://sfelc.com/annual2026

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  Unless you're running on solar and cycling, the direct and indirect increased cost of fuel plus increased interest rates and such... The war in Iran has cost the average American household $2,000. So far. More to come. https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6146031-iran-war-cost-households/

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  Last 70-degree day of the year, they say. 34 miles on the Snohomish County Centennial Trail with Nola. Started at 53 degrees at 10:30 (chilly in the shade, warm in the sun), ended at 73.

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  Tonight's movie: 29 minutes worth watching: "An Ordinary Insanity." Chilling. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xofgctP2hTY