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AI: A Vibe Check
AI isn't about producing faster, cheaper, and more of the same.
Dec 3, 2024
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Christine Miao
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How to Lead....When Leadership Won't
Navigating middle management when the existing culture and system is broken. An answer to a reader's letter.
Sep 3
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Christine Miao
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Developers: Stop Job Hunting like it's 2015
Tech job hunters are working with outdated playbooks.
Aug 7
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Christine Miao
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Randy Brown
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AI is going to hack Jira
Mar 3
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Christine Miao
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Dear CTO: it's not 2015 anymore
Oct 8, 2024
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Christine Miao
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Developers: Stop Job Hunting like it's 2015
Aug 7
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Christine Miao
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Randy Brown
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Productive teams don't measure productivity.
Jul 30, 2024
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Christine Miao
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There's no such thing as 'developer ROI'
Aug 20, 2024
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Christine Miao
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Why are Engineers so Hard to Understand?
Mar 20
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Christine Miao
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"Explain the Business Impact!” (And Other Useless Advice)
Why the standard playbook for tech debt prioritization fails — and what we can do instead.
Jun 24
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Christine Miao
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Not using AI? You're not the problem.
Successful technology adoption requires intentional, user-centered design and research. Too many AI companies have lost sight of this.
May 21
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Christine Miao
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How Good Engineers Become Bad Leaders
The way we promote and insulate software engineers often sets them up to fail dramatically as leaders. Here's how, and a better way forward.
Apr 29
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Christine Miao
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How NOT to Learn AI
Why the AI hype machine really, *really* doesn't help
Apr 9
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Christine Miao
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Why are Engineers so Hard to Understand?
Hint: it's not because they didn't explain the "business impact".
Mar 20
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Christine Miao
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AI is going to hack Jira
Hide your kids, hide your wife: how the Agile Industrial Complex has set us all up to be duped by AI codegen
Mar 3
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Christine Miao
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