A SQL Server deadlock occurs when sessions form a cycle of dependencies and none can continue. This example lets you create the cycle, inspect it, and remove it.
AI Mistakes at Work: Who Never Gets Fooled
Who catches AI mistakes at work? Not the smartest person in the room. It has never once been the smartest person in the room.
AI Code Review Bottleneck: Nobody Owns It
Everybody agrees the AI code review bottleneck is real. Then go look at the org chart.
The Disappearing Senior: AI and Entry Level Jobs
The AI code review bottleneck is real and everyone agrees on it. Then look at the org chart. There is no verifier and no budget line anywhere.
Competence Debt: I Ran the Test on Myself
Every time you ship something you could not have built yourself, you take on competence debt. Here is what I found when I checked my own balance.
AI in the Iliad and the Odyssey : Homer Wrote the First Prompt
Golden robots. Twenty self-driving tripods. Ships with no pilot. Once you start looking for AI in the Iliad and the Odyssey, you cannot stop.
Jobs Are Disappearing Quietly, The Math Keeps Me Awake
Jobs are disappearing quietly, and a personal essay on the private arithmetic of fear, and why changing work is never the same as diminished worth.