If you think the wide scale adoption of EVs is challenging, don’t even think about hydrogen as a fuel. Moving away from fossil fuel as the basis for modern society is a difficult process for two reasons. Firstly it’s so deeply ingrained in our way of life that it will…

ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion are advancements, but in what direction. Artificial intelligence has been at the forefront of many articles of late, primarily because of the recent popularity of GPT-3, chatGPT, and Stable Diffusion (and other) methods of generating seemingly intelligent conversations and creative artwork. But, are they really intelligent? …

A field guide to managerial, literal, bad actors in the Grand Game. I can say with a pretty high level of confidence that if you’ve worked for any significant amount of time within the Grand Game that you’ve inevitably come across someone who could be defined as a ‘bad manager’. …

A useful profane metaphor for use in modern day software engineering. I do warn you that although the metaphors in this article are reasonably colourful, they could have been a lot worse, so gird your loins, brush your hands, get a firm grip and let’s get right to the shovelling. …

There’s definitely a time to say no but, sometimes, there’s also an opportune time to say yes. It’s not often that you’ll find me advocating agreeing to do something extra in the Grand Game of Software Engineering. This is primarily because committing to extra work, something that’s not always within…

Losing the good, ignoring the average, and leaving the poor to rot. Recently I wrote about cognitive dissonance in the Grand Game of Software Engineering and, no word of a lie, it’s caused me a number of sleepless nights. Naturally that’s not because I’ve had magazines calling me for more…

Why is there no way to express displeasure on LinkedIn? A mini-missive, an opinion, a directed rant on the obvious and gratingly tedious, falsity of LinkedIn. LinkedIn is unadulterated faux-positivity. It’s “I have a new job!”, “I’ve worked for x glorious years and have loved every minutes, I’m so lucky!”…

Until we end this desperate conflict, inequality, unfairness, and continual suffering will continue to reign supreme in the Grand Game! We’re all familiar with the concept of cognitive dissonance, particularly in the Grand Game of Software Engineering where we’re regularly required to hold two or two conflicting points of view…

Reading between the lines of the post-pandemic office via observation of its non-native flora. You may think that an article (albeit a short one) analysing the distribution, makeup, and care routines pertaining to office plants is a bit of a stretch at the best of times, and even more so…