by John Macdonald | Mar 10, 2026 | AI, Human, Leadership, Technology, The250
We use this phrase as a helpful warning. “You don’t need to care about that.” “Stay in your lane.” “I’ve already figured this out.” But really, it’s self-preservation. We feel threatened, or we want credit for something we’ve already done, or we want to raise our hand... by John Macdonald | Mar 9, 2026 | AI, Leadership, Technology, The250
I’ve “written” 100k lines of code in the last 6 weeks. Is some of it crap? Yes. Is it bloated? Yes. Is there tech debt that needs to be cleaned up and refactored? Yes. Is some of this code doing stuff I don’t understand fully? Yes. Will there be difficult bugs to find... by John Macdonald | Mar 8, 2026 | AI, Human, Leadership, Technology, The250
Right now, we generally fall into three camps: a) “we’re doomed,” b) “it’s gonna be awesome,” and c) “we’re not sure yet, but hope it’s gonna be alright.” At some point in the future, maybe 2 years or maybe 10 or more years, we’ll know the impact that AI has had on... by John Macdonald | Mar 6, 2026 | AI, Human, Technology, The250
Lots of people are arguing over the quality of AI content. Software. Writing. Video. Whatever. That kinda misses the point. Quality isn’t based on who or what generated it. It’s based on us. It’s based on you. Crap is still crap, no matter who or what generated it.... by John Macdonald | Mar 5, 2026 | AI, Human, Technology, The250
Dunbar’s number defines a theoretical cognitive limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain meaningful or stable relationships. It’s about 150. That’s your circle size before you lose track. That’s your startup size before you need systems and... by John Macdonald | Mar 4, 2026 | AI, Technology, The250
We’ve been talking a lot in our organization about whether AI fits best doing the main thing (writing code in our case) or doing the side things (email management, test, documentation, project planning, Jira, etc). Some vehemently fall into the camp of “AI can’t do...