by John Macdonald | Feb 17, 2026 | AI, Human, Leadership, Technology, The250
When I first started The250, my writing and publishing were 100% manual. Here’s the original workflow for The250: I’d start with a topic (or a few) that I’d been thinking about. If necessary, do some research. Open Grammarly, start writing. Iterate in Grammarly until... by John Macdonald | Feb 16, 2026 | AI, Human, Technology, The250
A former colleague of mine posted on LinkedIn that he sent 25000 prompts to AI 2025 to help him learn whether AI can help design complex ICs. Spoiler alert: Yes, of course. I estimate I’ve probably sent double or triple that many prompts over the 2.5 years I’ve been... by John Macdonald | Feb 14, 2026 | AI, Human, The250
The first modern labor unions popped up in Britain in the late 1700’s and early 1800’s. They were groups of wage workers in the new factory economy bargaining collectively for better economic terms and better working conditions. They felt taken advantage... 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...