Keo AR is a quiet village surrounded by pecan groves in the midst of an endless series of rice farms. Not much to do unless you live here or ride bikes. They do sponsor a couple of bike races and planning connecting trails to nearby towns. Go to Charlotte's for pie. Yesterday's was blueberry.
Amongst the racket, truth becomes harder to discern. Instead of quiet contemplation, we're left with opinionated garbage. Disagree about something? Shout them down.
So the next time a tech CEO warns you that your job is disappearing, it’s worth asking a simple question: who benefits from you believing that?
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Another day, another "Notice of Data Incident" received in the mail from an heretofore unknown service provider. The term for what's missing is "Defense in Depth". No consequences so why bother? Just send a letter and offer credit monitoring.
Hearing reps from firms holding AI intellectual property prophesize its ability to replace us sounds like marketing. It may be true. But if/when this bubble pops, it'll be like '08. We will have no sympathy for these companies and their reckless behaviors.
Elon is now telling us coding is dead and programmers are obsolete. Based on his horrid interactions with Twitter, we know why he makes this ridiculous and impractical statement. What's in question, why we continue to listen to him. It's time to flip the idiot bit.
Had a good time at FOSDEM, until a bug kicked in. Missed the second day. Still, worth the trip. First crossing since COVID. The climate's unstable. Politicians bicker. The people are the same.
With a full blown trade war in effect it would be easy to isolate. What follows is degradation. It does not end well. If we're lucky, we remember our past and not repeat this most painful of mistakes yet again.
The wolf nipping at the heels' name's obsolescence, a constant reminder that there will always be something better coming down the pike. Deny/ignore at thy peril.
Somewhere along the line we started believing that work's supposed to be fun. What we absolutely must have is a purpose. Focus on finding it. Make work your mission. Fun will come later, disguised as satisfaction, for each incremental step along the way.
The key thing missing from AI is that throat to choke when things go wrong. Try using Claude to drive support and troubleshooting during a SEV 1. If you want accountability, you're going to need good reliable people behind your AI driven solutions.
Eventually, we'll come to terms with tech and fashion being linked. Those that do well exploit this relationship and are able to capitalize on it. The worst you can say about a particular technology is that "it's out of fashion". Never mind that it still works well.
Speaking of COVID, not much discussion of how it created much of the mess we're in today. That's to say we have changed. The veneer of civility has rubbed off and needs to be reapplied.
Trying to recall since college a greater concern for tech jobs. There was the .com crash, followed by 9/11 and an outsourcing growth that spawned massive layoffs (here). Next the financial crisis of '08 brought uncertainty and further layoffs. Now, a post-COVID AI bubble. Is it like the rest?
Cobol has sort of followed me around. Cut baby teeth in college. A brief stint at first job and most of my time trying to replace it in the second and third (on migration and integration projects). Now, it's back again. All these years later. An old itch that never got fully scratched.
Which is where the value proposition resides. Yes, we can move away from the walled gardens of our ancestors. And we don't need proprietary tools in which to do it.
Of late, using the Cobol compiler in gcc to write posix compatibility modules. In one swoop, revisiting grandad's computing language along with updates for things like pointers and support running on "modern" platforms.
Def Log4J, followed by (probably) Subversion and Tomcat
Two roads, two hundred meters apart, within minutes the other day on my bike commute. Which is the best?
We've all heard of the Have's and Have Not. One w/ plenty, the other not so much. How about Car and Car Not? One drives plenty, the others not. Car not. Kind of rolls off the tongue. Sounds like a plan.
Couldn't seem to catch the brilliance of the moment despite pulling off the main path to do so. A shot never can. Misses key elements, the silent whisper of a buck crossing in front or the soft sounds a skein makes passing overhead.
To understand gravel's appeal we have two road scenarios. Imagine it packed full w/ commuters, anxious and harried. They're being kind and trying to get over as they whiz by. Knuckles whiten and tension mounts. There's another road, calm and tranquil. Blood pressure drops and the endorphins kick in.
The subject matter expert (SME) is our goto person. It doesn't necessarily mean the most knowledgeable. It just means you're It.
Sometimes have to remind what the term/label "expert" actually means. First, it's no honorific entitlement. It implies the holder owns the solution. Will go to ends of the earth to uncover truths held on the subject.
t's hard not to notice that many are retiring. Not gonna lie, it does sound good. Get to finally enjoy all that hard work. Still, can't shake the feeling that it's too soon. Why walk away when your knowledge is greatest? There's more to be done.
The end of the year is a time for soul searching. Be honest. What's working - or not. What's next. Do some research. Do a Black op. Think Big. Get out of the box.
Had lunch with a dozen colleagues last week. A bunch of old timers with careers spanning over 30 years, as programmers, analysts, architects, etc (other specialties in tech). All successful, yet none would recommend following the same path today. What can we make of this ... are they correct?
Fingers crossed the time skew bug in my Parallels VM has been fixed. A week after applying the patch and still good. Rooting for them to get it right. No options other than running Linux on bare metal if this doesn't work.
Want to get rid of me? Start talking politics. Anything but that.
Couldn't have said it any better.
