by John Macdonald | Apr 26, 2026 | AI, Technology, The250
Vinyl has made somewhat of a comeback, and film’s been popping its head up as well. By the way, neither is “better” than their digital counterparts. Not objectively, anyway. You may think so, and that’s either equipment, nostalgia, “people like me,” or confirmation... by John Macdonald | Apr 20, 2026 | AI, Leadership, Technology, The250
Opus 4.7 hit the planet yesterday. For engineers, new model day has become like Christmas Day for an 8-year old. “What great new stuff can I do with this?!” Maybe new model day should have it’s own named holiday. I’ve already got it in my agent configs and have moved... by John Macdonald | Apr 19, 2026 | AI, Human, Technology, The250
Evidence. Data. Hypotheses. Findings. Conclusions. “This is what this means.” The first should be objective (assuming proper instruments, methods, and measurements) and hopefully complete. That’s the truth. The second is the story about the first. Human... by John Macdonald | Apr 17, 2026 | AI, Human, Technology, The250
With an AI Agent Army at my beck and call, I’m sure I can do almost anything. I feel infinitely capable. I just need enough time and tokens. However, I’m still me. I’m bounded by my attention, imagination, and energy. AI increases both capability and ability.... 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....