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Welcome to a discordant group of ramblings on whatever happens to be on my mind, but mostly software. Maybe, just maybe, the noise might be kindly thought of as riffing.

Why should you listen to me? You shouldn't. I'm probably wrong.

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An evolution of computing: from a mechanical gear-based machine with paper rolls, to a vacuum tube robot, followed by a classic CRT computer on mechanical legs, and finally a futuristic humanoid robot constructed from circuit boards and digital particles. -- Nana Banana Pro
Software Engineering Is Dead, Long Live Software Engineering

Rumors of the death of software engineering have been greatly exaggerated.

2026.02.24
AI
A diverse team of engineers in a modern conference room smiling and pointing at a diagram drawn on a glass wall. The diagram illustrates a continuous TDD cycle adapted for business strategy: 'RED: TECH DEBT' points to 'GREEN: ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING,' which points to 'REFACTOR: BETTER OUTCOMES,' with a final arrow looping back to the start. The text 'TDD FOR THE ORG' is written prominently below the cycle. -- Generated by Google's Nano Banana Pro
Tech Debt as TDD

Good tech debt can be test driven development for an engineering org

2026.01.01
culture process
Standards in light blue handwriting with hand holding light blue marker underlining word.
Standardize to Innovate

Standards free up bandwidth for innovation.

2025.10.12
business choices