I’m either on a plane somewhere over the Atlantic or on the ground in London as you read this. Hopefully napping before a busy few days. I’m in town for the London Redgate Summit tomorrow, with some prep today, podcast recording, and trying to survive a 48 hour trip to one of my favorite cities in the world.
You get to re-read Understanding a Database today.
It’s President’s Day in the US and I have a day off, where I’m coaching volleyball up in Greeley, CO. And slightly worrying what maintenance might be waiting for my back at the ranch.
You get to re-read (and re-comment) on The Change Failure Rate. Interested to see if people view the world differently after a few years.
I’m back today from holiday, but gone tomorrow. As I try to close down the year, I decided to re-run How Much AI Do We Need? as it was an interesting look back at a piece from 2020, when the LLM/GenAI hype wasn’t a thought in most people’s minds. Instead, the AI systems were simpler and more focused on specific siutations.
I find myself thinking back a bit and thinking about the world back then and re-reading the linked article. In that one it seems like “smart” is more about better communication and coordination in the kitchen, and less about the appliances having any intelligence. Some of the image recognition items might lightly be called AI/ML work, but most of the added features aren’t.
Re-read the piece and article and think about how much AI do you need, or want.
It’s the start of the holiday season for me. I’m off all this week and a few next week, so I’m really done for the year.
You get to re-read Choosing Sequences Over Identity.
