Why 10x Faster Coding Isn't 10x Faster Shipping
Make the coding ten times faster and a ten-hour feature still takes five and a half. The slowest step sets the pace, and context leaks at the handoffs.
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My Chinese AI Is Learning From an American One
Dobby, my family's assistant, runs on Alibaba's Qwen. Its first training data came from OpenAI's Codex. US labs say China free-rides. Here is what China gave.
Thyagarajan Kumararaja: What We Notice, What We Use
Thyagarajan Kumararaja admires a building with no film in mind. A colleague says AI can find answers on demand. So what is reading widely for?
My Mac Studio Order: Five Months and a Refund Offer
iPlanet promised my Mac Studio in 45 days. Five months later, the order was cancelled. Tracing it through Redington brought me to Apple Executive Relations.
Convenience Is the Product
From wedding seating software to AI-built applications, the software stack keeps moving responsibility upward. The enduring product is convenience.