Category Archives: Editorial

A Tool is Better than a Script

Posted on May 1, 2026 by way0utwest

While working with a customer recently, I heard this sentence: a tool is better than a script. The reference was that this customer preferred a known, tested, approved tool for most of their staff rather than a script built, lightly … Continue reading →

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Half of All Engineers

Posted on April 29, 2026 by way0utwest

The AI LLM boom seems to show no sign of slowing down. Each time I think we’ve reached some level of crazy use or predictions, things take another turn. I still find myself pinging back and forth between this will … Continue reading →

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Spring Connections and Learning at PASS On Tour

Posted on April 27, 2026 by way0utwest

It’s just a few weeks until the spring PASS On Tour Chicago 2026. This is a smaller version of the PASS Summit that will be coming to Seattle in November and has been running for 26 years each fall. Myself … Continue reading →

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Local Agents

Posted on April 24, 2026 by way0utwest

Recently I saw an interesting article, saying that someone could build a general purpose coding agent in 131 lines of Python code. That’s a neat idea, though I’m not sure that this is better than just using Claude Code, especially … Continue reading →

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