Jon Ayre

For the creators, the crafters and the artists - Jon Ayre 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 is a shout ...

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. A blog post.

The art of prediction – when diversification turns bad - Jon Ayre Don't ask AI for business advice. Here's why: Back in 2020, John Lewis Partnership announced they were diversifying into property, and I wrote a post predicting a low probability of success for this v...

Previously a LinkedIn post. Converted to a blog post.

As predicted, John Lewis is bowing out of its loss making property venture. Five years of pain that could have been avoided if they'd had the tool I used to predict this outcome.

If it isn't B this language has no right to exist 😉

Maxwell junior would do well to have a chat with Ms Streisand about the merits of staying stumm

John Lewis pulls out of housebuilding business | Jon Ayre Back in 2020, John Lewis Partnership announced they were diversifying into property, and I wrote a post predicting a low probability of success for this venture. Yesterday they announced they were pul...

Back in 2020, John Lewis Partnership announced they were diversifying into property, and I wrote a post predicting a low probability of success for this venture. Yesterday they announced they were pulling out of their loss making housing business.

(A LinkedIn post)

Saying it's conscious is deluded.
Saying it's female is just plain creepy.

I believe in fairies!!

So in heaven I'm a sandbank?

Great.

AWS has been providing cloud hosting since 2006. That's 20 years. In the following 20 years we've gone from on prem as standard to cloud hosting in many new projects (other providers exist). W... AWS has been providing cloud hosting since 2006. That's 20 years. In the following 20 years we've gone from on prem as standard to cloud hosting in many new projects (other providers exist). Why do I ...

AWS has been providing cloud hosting since 2006. That's 20 years. In the following 20 years we've gone from on prem as standard to cloud hosting in many new projects (other providers exist). Why do I mention this?

A LinkedIn post...

The software engineer is dead; long live the software engineer - Jon Ayre The software engineer is dead; so say the headlines. Layoffs are in the news and there's even talk of CEO/founders building entire systems while their Dev teams look on in wonder.

The software engineer is dead; so say the headlines. Layoffs are in the news and there's even talk of CEO/founders building entire systems while their Dev teams look on in wonder.

A blog post.

The software engineer is dead; so say the headlines. Layoffs are in the news and there's even talk of CEO/founders building entire systems while their Dev teams look on in wonder. The world of… |... The software engineer is dead; so say the headlines. Layoffs are in the news and there's even talk of CEO/founders building entire systems while their Dev teams look on in wonder. The world of softwa...

The software engineer is dead; so say the headlines. Layoffs are in the news and there's even talk of CEO/founders building entire systems while their Dev teams look on in wonder...

(A LinkedIn post)

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. Which is a sham... 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. Which is a shame. ...

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 - a LinkedIn post by me.

See also, data 😉

New year, new focus

You know on Twitter when someone announced they were leaving?

Well, I'm going to follow that trend here, but not quite yet. Yes, I'm bailing out, but first I'm going to write a blog post about it and include a link in my farewell.

Yup, a whole exit speech!
Lucky you 😉

I read this this morning.

First I thought: Haha! You got him🤣

Then: That's a shit thing for you to wake up to.

Then: Wow, he's getting told.

Then: Oh shit this is toxic now. Total pile on. Really quite nauseating.

Finally: There's a lot of horrible folk who just love being cruel for fun.😢

I think the photographer might have been projecting

Why lonely? He looks like he's in a world of his own, looking down at his child in the pram. "Doting father" could, I think, be a possible alternative interpretation.

Pretty sure my cat, Schrödi, can count to five, because that's the number of treats he expects. If I give him less (even by one) I get "the look".

"Saved" 🦀 💀

I've only ever had one genuine need to recover from backup and having it locally was a godsend.

Honestly, and I know this probably isn't what you were looking for, but backup to a local external hard drive and duplicate to a second one. Backups are unimportant until you need them and when you do they need to be easy to access and under your control.

Understanding neural networks – Part 1: The artificial neuron - Jon Ayre So, you want to know about artificial neural networks? Here’s my attempt at explaining what they are and how they work without resorting to too much complicated jargon or maths. I hope it helps.

Does this help in any way at all?
Probably not the sort of thing you were looking for, but no harm hopefully in offering the link

jonayre.uk/blog/2024/10...

😲

Let's not forget that for every man with a Glock, there's also a man (many in fact) who just loves photographing nature.

And that's why it's all worthwhile.

Happy New Year.

Has anyone run doom on it yet?

If everyone makes the same mistake in a language, the language is the problem.

If only we moved the software development profession forward with each new language rather than looping back to the beginning each time.

Just one more "feature" of Python that ignores all the lessons learnt by the industry with previous languages.

The more of these I see the more it feels like Python has forgotten all the lessons learnt with previous new languages.

The most important of these lessons being don't have features in the language that are bound to become common problems for new users of the language.