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Effort is for Winners, or why I'm removing ai-generated content
I’m removing AI-generated slop-illustrations from the blog. In this brave new world of genAI, intentionality and process matter more than ever. When everybody can cheat, the exam answers are worthless. What you test for is the process. This feels familiar.
What's the ROI on your genAI deployments?
What’s the payback time for your fancy GenAI project? Will the rate of return outdo the stock market? As GenAI becomes less magical fairydust, and more hands-on work, it’s time you looked at the ROI on your GenAI initiatives.
Chitchat and small talk is actually how business gets done
This is a hot take. As much as grumpy engineers are loathe to admit it, physical proximity matters. Companies haven’t fully thought through their RTO implementations, and that’s hurting both sides of the argument.
People: what are they good for anyway?
Your technology is NOT your primary asset. Unless your company is in FAANG or your CEO’s world president, other teams are bigger assets. Your people and your networks are your true assets. An AI-driven world will make the ‘other teams’ even more important. It’s all...
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The joy I found in donating my physical labor
I found great joy in doing simple physical labor and assembly line tasks last month. Mental labor is more draining than you would otherwise think. In donating my physical labor, I connected more strongly to my local community.
Lessons from a rambler in recovery
Wordiness is costly. It’s important to keep it short and to the point. Ask me how I know. I’m a rambler in recovery.
All art here will be handmade going forward
Announcement. Most of the illustrations in this website were generated by Google’s Gemini AI. It was done when I didn’t know any better. I will eventually be replacing them with my own hand-drawn art.
Posting llm-generated content as your own is hurting you
Seriously, don’t publish that raw ChatGPT’d thinkfluencer piece as your own. Nobody’s falling for it, everybody’s doing it, and you’re cheating yourself.
Do good things, don't worry about scale, don't let systemic issues stop you
This is a lesson that took me a decade to fully ‘get’. You don’t have to worry about the systematic issues to bring change. You can make changes as an individual at a small scale.
