Toots from 2024-06-02#
It’s “emergency gutter patch” season here in the PNW.#
It’s “emergency gutter patch” season here in the PNW.
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“In short, labeling vulnerabilities as root causes is dangerous because it blinds us to the nat…#
“In short, labeling vulnerabilities as root causes is dangerous because it blinds us to the nature of how complex systems manage to stay up and running most of the time, even though vulnerabilities within the system are always with us.”
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“But there’s a tradeoff. Because programming requires two different kinds of skills: building…#
“But there’s a tradeoff. Because programming requires two different kinds of skills: building and investigating. You’ve seen me highlight this dichotomy before. And we mostly teach and valorize building skills, but the work of both maintaining and integrating (which, as we have established, constitute most of the job today) requires investigation skills.”
https://chelseatroy.com/2024/05/26/how-does-ai-impact-my-job-as-a-programmer/
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‘We begin our analysis with the classic philosopher’s question: “Why?” Or in this case, “Why do…#
‘We begin our analysis with the classic philosopher’s question: “Why?” Or in this case, “Why does this team exist? What’s the purpose of the team, and what are they asked to do?”
And, as with many of these philosophical questions, almost right away we run into an interesting problem: Nobody knows.’
http://blogs.newardassociates.com/blog/2024/the-problem-with-rd-teams.html