Toots from 2025-10-01#
“This is a pressing question everywhere but is particularly pressing in MLOps, which is thought…#
“This is a pressing question everywhere but is particularly pressing in MLOps, which is thought of as the act of building, running, deploying, monitoring, managing, and decommissioning models and their associated data.
Yet when we as practitioners take a moment to reflect on how we got here, it’s sobering how little we actually understand about how to do the above well.”
https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3762989&trk=public_post_comment-text
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“The headcount shrinks, but the need to manage work doesn’t. Those remaining individuals have…#
“The headcount shrinks, but the need to manage work doesn’t. Those remaining individuals have to think like managers in deciding what to prioritize, how to split tasks, and how to keep themselves accountable. In other words, certain parts of the management function must shift into the hands of the Individual Contributor.”
https://lg.substack.com/p/managing-ai-is-like-managing-humans
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“The experience has gotten me thinking more about the key features of technocrat CEOs — and t…#
“The experience has gotten me thinking more about the key features of technocrat CEOs — and the contrast with what I think of as strategist CEOs. There are three key contrasting features that I look for to understand what I am looking at.”
https://rogermartin.medium.com/technocrats-vs-strategists-8462684297c3
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“In other words, most bad taste comes from inflexibility. I will always distrust engineers who …#
“In other words, most bad taste comes from inflexibility. I will always distrust engineers who justify decisions by saying “it’s best practice”. No engineering decision is “best practice” in all contexts! You have to make the right decision for the specific problem you’re facing.”
https://www.seangoedecke.com/taste/