by John Macdonald | Apr 13, 2026 | AI, Technology, The250
We’re quickly coming to an inflection point for using AI to build stuff. Until the near future, most companies encouraging AI-usage amongst their workforce have been worried mainly “that” they’re using it. Use more tokens. More token usage means our team uses it. We... by John Macdonald | Apr 12, 2026 | AI, Technology, The250
Documentation has always been a problem in engineering. We hate writing it. We think it’s a waste of time. Less is more. I started my career before we had computers with word processors on our desk. We wrote documents by hand, on paper, handed it to the admin.... by John Macdonald | Apr 11, 2026 | AI, Human, Technology, The250
The LinkedIn feed looks a bit useless to me right now. It’s dominated by content about AI, but that’s not the problem. The problem is that AI’s generating the content with what looks like no human oversight. Here are the smoking guns: Emoji’s Dashes and lots of line... by John Macdonald | Apr 10, 2026 | AI, Leadership, Technology, The250
Good leaders provide clarity. Clarity of purpose, priorities, direction, requirements, things we care about, mission, procedure, etc. When you’re part of a team, this helps you focus on and deliver your part. With AI, everyone’s a leader. You too. AI can appear as if... by John Macdonald | Apr 9, 2026 | AI, Human, Technology, The250
I had a scary moment with AI. I vibe-coded a power detector for my house (rPi + some IoT switches I have controlling lights). As part of that work, I asked Codex: “Do a survey of my local network and tell me about all of the devices you see.” That’s the first skillset... by John Macdonald | Apr 6, 2026 | AI, Human, Technology, The250
We sat around the fire and told stories about the times we made bad decisions. You know the type of stories. They’re the ones that come from being young or inexperienced, many times “altered,” and always result in some public embarrassment or legal complication. We...