Monthly Archives: February 2026

Considering society

Posted on 2026-02-16 by Graham

OK now that the anniversary’s out of the way, I can stop being hagiographic towards agile software development and point out the one big flaw in the approach. It’s a stinker. Here’s the list of everybody mentioned in the manifesto … Continue reading →

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Happy 25th birthday to the manifesto for agile software development!

Posted on 2026-02-12 by Graham

11th-13th February 2001 is the occasion of the most famous skiing holiday in software. Don’t take my word for it; Jim Highsmith was there and wrote the history. It’s pretty astounding that, in a field where everyone tries to remind … Continue reading →

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Opinionated Read: How AI Impacts Skill Formation

Posted on 2026-02-01 by Graham

The abstract to this preprint, by two authors both associated with Anthropic, makes the claim “We find that AI use impairs conceptual understanding, code reading, and debugging abilities, without delivering significant efficiency gains on average. Participants who fully delegated coding … Continue reading →

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