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The bridge had a good run and has served decades longer than intended. The Spray Park trailhead l…#
The bridge had a good run and has served decades longer than intended. The Spray Park trailhead leaves from Mowich Lake and is one of the best trails in the park. (Shot from years ago).
https://wsdot.wa.gov/about/news/2025/sr-165-carbon-river-fairfax-bridge-closed-until-further-notice
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“Most of it is just rebranded old ideas, overpriced software, or in the best-case scenario thin a…#
“Most of it is just rebranded old ideas, overpriced software, or in the best-case scenario thin abstractions over things we’ve already been doing. In the worst case? Distractions that waste your time, burn your budget, and add complexity without delivering real value.”
https://luminousmen.com/post/data-engineering-now-with-30-more-bullshit
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“You’re not burned out because you’re weak. You’re burned out because you’ve been releva…#
“You’re not burned out because you’re weak.
You’re burned out because you’ve been relevant, valuable, over-functioning for too long—inside systems that reward your ability to endure dysfunction and call it leadership.”
https://brilliantcrank.com/eject-disk
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“Probably the single most important lesson I’ve learned in my career, the thing that I would …#
“Probably the single most important lesson I’ve learned in my career, the thing that I would argue is the hallmark of “experience”, is understanding just how much work it takes to turn a working program into a viable product.”
https://dylanbeattie.net/2025/04/11/the-problem-with-vibe-coding.html
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“Many people tend to conflate empowerment and autonomy, or even use the terms interchangeably. B…#
“Many people tend to conflate empowerment and autonomy, or even use the terms interchangeably.
But when it comes to team topology, these are each important to consider separately.”
https://www.svpg.com/team-autonomy-and-ai/
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Following this thread, why would we need teams made up of designers and engineers? A lone PM coul…#
Following this thread, why would we need teams made up of designers and engineers? A lone PM could tell the agents to Just Do It. Even more, could the CEO bypass the PM entirely and tell the agents to “Write a defensible business plan for % YoY growth and build software to realize that plan”?
“Teams will likely include a PM, a designer, and an engineer. The engineer will be responsible for guiding hundreds or thousands of agents to build the software.”
https://mikefisher.substack.com/p/the-impact-of-ai-on-software-development