by John Macdonald | Feb 13, 2026 | AI, Human, Technology, The250
When I was a young engineer, I programmed on a test system that provided 128 lines of program space. That was it. You had 128 lines of code. Make it work. By the way, that smart light bulb that Alexa can turn on and off? That has about 25,000 lines of code. That’s... by John Macdonald | Feb 12, 2026 | AI, Human, Technology, The250
I first posted some AI dominance stats in 2024. It’s now early 2026, and AI is still — if not even more — dominating the zeitgeist. Here are some new stats: By 2030, AI will displace around 92 million jobs, but create 170 million new ones. AI (still) projects to... by John Macdonald | Feb 11, 2026 | Human, Leadership, The250
They are anybody you serve. Your customer. The test team. The developers. The sales team. The program manager. Your spouse. Your kids. Your neighbor. It’s not always about them, and you may not be able to give everybody what they want. But it’s always worth... by John Macdonald | Feb 10, 2026 | Human, Leadership, The250
No, not that swamp. The swamp of everything is urgent, they’re all number one priority, and we don’t have enough resources. The inbox overflows. Every meeting requires two more meetings. Nobody can push back. You can’t even figure out what the real highest priority is... by John Macdonald | Feb 9, 2026 | Human, Leadership, The250
But they rarely are. All things being equal is the English version of the Latin phrase ceteris paribus, which economists and scientists use to talk about the effect of one change while theoretically keeping everything else the same. It’s a useful academic approach,...