I think that the company in the article must do most of their work within the basecamp platform, perhaps with many people relatively loosely connected. In small companies, this happens,...

The build vs buy is a challenge.  The question is what is the need?  Will an off the shelf package provide all of what you need?

Probably not. ...

I also...

Interesting post, Steve. For the most part, I agree with you, but I will challenge you on some of it. For example, I'm interpreting what you were saying when...

There's a lot of research for sure, and I think frequent changes are bad for many users. Better for preventing hacks across time, but not great for people who have...

Thanks, it wasn't too bad. I came back late last night because I had work this am to handle. Not too hot, only a light rain. People had fun horseback...

I suspect it's pre-trained, but I hope it adapts to me over time. If it doesn't, I think it's semi-useful, but I would hope the nuances of how I work...

I vaguely remember COBOL from early in my career. I didn't think much of it as a language then, even though I was working in C/C++/Pascal. Of course, I think...

The demos are interesting, but they're canned and limited. I think we'll get into strange places where the AIs need access to internal data, but we need to be sure...

The demos are interesting, but they're canned and limited. I think we'll get into strange places where the AIs need access to internal data, but we need to be sure...

You have a weird culture.

Very true. You need good data, which is why I advocate for testing. It's easier to read the requirements and see what was supposed to happen, and then you can...

It is, or was, 11. However, I'm an idiot and lazy and apparently can't tell time. I mess up meetings across time zones all the time. So if you want...

My impression wasn't that the SQL thing caused errors, but that it was a pattern they didn't like for development. I could see potential deadlocks in a high concurrency environment,...

The link Steve Collins posted is interesting. Got through it, and while I don't quite agree that stored procs create a strangler pattern, I do think in the high concurrency...

Thanks, Rod.