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Era of Reasoning
Enterprise software is becoming a system of reasoning that weighs decisions and acts. Its limit is meaning, and the contest is who owns the reasoning layer.
When the Org Chart Stops Organizing
Every company is two graphs, the org chart and the value chain. As agents absorb routing, the chain becomes the one the company runs on.
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The Return of the Builder
Intent, clarity, and the craft of building software when implementation gets cheap.
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The Self-Driving Enterprise
How AI is reshaping enterprise software, from ambient ERP to autonomous workflows.
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My Life with AI
A personal narrative of building alongside machines, from a TRS-80 to today.
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Random Thoughts from the Trenches
Software craft, leadership, estimation, and whatever else is on my mind.
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Wizards in software are mostly uninspiring solutions to bad design
Here’s a thought maybe even a provoking one, as everyone seems to have reached at the conclusion that wizards in software are good. The general and agreed upon argument goes; that a wizard shields the…
Methodologies, Better Software and Requirements
Methodologies Methodologies are like patterns, best practices, recipes or how-to’s. They describe how to get from A to B. But none of them claims that it’ll lead to better software, whatever better…