AI chat tools are a remarkable invention. Their rapid adoption speaks for itself: instant access to information, tailored feedback, and the ability to explore ideas or discuss one own thoughts or questions without friction – never before did we have such opportunities. But this power can come with a risk.
(more…)Category: Blog
IT, Data, Work
-
Don’t promote your most talented technologists into people management
I just attended an event where Casey West also demoed some stuff. Just now I found his blog at https://caseywest.com as well. And scrolling through, I saw his post A Call for More Tech Leadership from 2015 where he writes:
Don’t promote your most talented technologists into people management. Promote them into technical leadership roles instead.
Casey WestWell it’s 10 years later and still just true!
(more…)Fediverse Reactions
-
-
How to guide your teams to use GenAI effectively while avoiding the pitfalls
We often see and hear a lot of hype and – unfortunately – enshittification when it comes to GenAI. Despite knowing that there are indeed some valuable use cases for the application of AI to solve some issues, I rarely read about a employee friendly adoption of GenAI.
The article AI for Network Managers: Leading Teams in the Age of Intelligent Automation was a quite refreshing read in that regard!
(more…) -
A Vacuum Robot should not Require a permanent Internet Connection
Today morning I read a really nice article / blog post “The Day My Smart Vacuum Turned Against Me“. The whole story is about a guy who disallowed his smart vacuum cleaner to access the internet. After a while it failed, got repaired, failed again, got repaired and after all stopped working.
(more…)Fediverse Reactions
-
-
Github Copilot is the Coach I always Wanted
We hear a lot about the bad side of AI Code Generation etc. But there are also quite some good sides that should not be ignored.
(more…) -
Open Source Resilience: Forks and Kindness
For a while now, I’ve been considering running my own RSS aggregator … for a couple of reasons (that don’t matter here). In my shortlist were two popular candidates: Tiny Tiny RSS (ttrss) and FreshRSS. Due to lack of time and other priorites, I had not made a decision, which one to follow ..
(more…)Fediverse Reactions
-
-
Mistral – the European ChatGPT
OK, I admit that I’m sometimes too focused on technology to realise that not everyone is aware of all the different AI services out there. — This week, I mentioned Mistral.ai to a colleague and was surprised that he hadn’t heard of it. But, as I said, you can’t know everything.
(more…)Fediverse Reactions
-
-
Those Who Forget the Dotcom Crash Are Doomed to Repeat It — with GenAI
A friend recently recommended Craig McCaskill’s article “The Bubble That Knows It’s a Bubble” with a disclaimer “it’s quite a read”. After forgetting it and coming back to it later I can say: it’s so worth reading it!
(more…)Fediverse Reactions
-
-
“Six hard truths for software development bosses” also applies for Project Management!
I just came across “Six hard truths for software development bosses” on InfoWorld. Ah well – a quite catchy title. But it’s worth a read for everyone who manages / leads people in the area of Software Development.
(more…) -
Handling 3,500 drones to recreate Michelangelo’s masterpieces in a huge Lightshow
Thanks to the Fediverse integration of Flipboard I just saw the post from National Geographic where they link “Grace for the World: Recreating Michelangelo’s masterpieces above the Vatican“.
At first I thought it was mainly about how impressive the show itself was. But there’s also another topic: the technology and the team behind the scenes:
(more…)Fediverse Reactions
-
