The demo was impressive. The slides were polished, the use cases relevant. But the moment questions started, there was nothing behind it. Producing content and having knowledge are not the same thing — and the gap between them may be wider than we think.

Doing the right thing is hard and demands courage. Doing the politically right thing is so much easier — and that’s the problem.

Developers have never been so divided over a technology. But the fault line isn’t where most people think it is. It was already there, long before AI arrived.

In software engineering, there are doers who let their work speak for itself, and talkers who make sure everyone knows what they’ve accomplished. Both strategies work—but in very different environments, and knowing which fits where might matter more than you think.

When a technology is hot, everyone feels compelled to weigh in—and it’s always amusing to look back at the bad takes. Rather than laughing at others, here’s a chronicle of my own wrong predictions about AI, from dismissing ChatGPT to underestimating AI coding tools.