Category Archives: Culture

AI May Reduce Some Work: Not Technical Architecture [LinkedIn Post]

Posted on May 26, 2026 by Daniel (@MKNN)

LinkedIn Post | LinkedIn Article May 26, 2026 There’s a class of software system we don’t quite have a name for yet, where code (often LLM-generated and maintained) is combined with layered prompts, producing a mix of LLM and traditional … Continue reading →

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Listen/Here: March, 2026

Posted on May 25, 2026 by Daniel (@MKNN)

2026: January | February By the Numbers 1,506 plays across 1,194 unique tracks by 781 distinct artists — about 9% above a typical month over the past year. About 127 hours of music (7590 minutes). Busiest day was March 11th … Continue reading →

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Listen/Here: February, 2026

Posted on May 18, 2026 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Continuing the work from January. A new flavor of Listen/Here: this is a snapshot of what I actually listened to in February, 2026. Source data is my MediaMonkey library; links go to Bandcamp where the album is in my collection, … Continue reading →

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Listen/Here: January, 2026

Posted on May 11, 2026 by Daniel (@MKNN)

{ This is part of my ongoing tooling around with ClaudeCode. This is something I always wanted to do, but the number of steps and the automation involved were always too complicated to make it worthwhile. } A new flavor … Continue reading →

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The Fastest Voice in the Room: Mistaking Speed for Thought [LinkedIn Post]

Posted on April 28, 2026 by Daniel (@MKNN)

April 28, 2026 LinkedIn Post | LinkedIn Article We’re interrupting the ongoing series on AI to pick up on an earlier thread where I wrote about how our commonly shared experience of most meetings often works against our best interests. … Continue reading →

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Reading Well: The Orchard by Peter Heller

Posted on April 25, 2026 by Daniel (@MKNN)

{Been a while. There are other books I need to catch up on, but wanted to drop this fairly quickly after I read it.} Obviously, I love me some Peter Heller. The Painter was the first Reading Well ever, way … Continue reading →

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Beyond Competence: Using AI As Its Own Mirror [LinkedIn Post]

Posted on April 8, 2026 by Daniel (@MKNN)

April 7, 2026 LinkedIn Post | LinkedIn Article There are plenty of reasons to be cautious about AI tools. Error rates and hallucinations. The quiet reproduction of poor design choices or substandard programming patterns. The ever-present risk of unintended consequences. … Continue reading →

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From Convenience to Competence: What AI Actually Demands of Us [LinkedIn Post]

Posted on March 31, 2026 by Daniel (@MKNN)

30 March, 2026 Linked in Post | Full LinkedIn Article I have spent the last few weeks immersing myself in a variety of development projects, using a mix of Claude and CoPilot. This may surprise readers of my earlier vibes/VIBES … Continue reading →

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There’s Vibes, and There’s VIBES [LinkedIn Post]

Posted on February 24, 2026 by Daniel (@MKNN)

This one kicks off a deep dive into the murky waters of using AI tools in development work. 24 February, 2026 LinkedIn Post | Full LinkedIn Article I’m not a curmudgeon. Really. And I’m a pretty bad Boomer representative. But … Continue reading →

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On Meetings (One in a Series) [LinkedInPost]

Posted on February 10, 2026 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Everyone’s favorite topic … LinkedIn Post | Full LinkedIn Article Originally published 10 February, 2026. Nothing earth-shattering today, just another plea to think about what it means to work with people whose brains work differently than yours, and how that … Continue reading →

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