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Jonas Barnett

Agile is Simple; It’s Just Not for Simpletons

Did I get your attention? Recently, most of my conversations with people have been about Agile development and generally how crap it is. I…

Oct 23

Agile is Simple; It’s Just Not for Simpletons

Oct 23

Jonas Barnett

When Luck Fails You: It’s the Economy, Dummy

During the financial crisis of 2007, two countries—Canada and Australia—managed to skirt the worst of the economic wreckage experienced by…

Oct 2

When Luck Fails You: It’s the Economy, Dummy

Oct 2

Jonas Barnett

We’ve Surrendered Critical Thinking to Smart Technology

Experts have been telling us for decades that various aids are damaging our cognitive abilities. For example, using a calculator was…

Sep 27

We’ve Surrendered Critical Thinking to Smart Technology

Sep 27

Jonas Barnett

Today’s Generative AI Systems: Sophisticated Mimicry of Intelligence

Recently, a paper titled “Evaluation of ChatGPT as a diagnostic tool for medical learners and clinicians” was published on PLOS One. It…

Aug 26

Today’s Generative AI Systems: Sophisticated Mimicry of Intelligence

Aug 26

Jonas Barnett

Generative AI: Collapsing Creativity and Itself

Generative AI cannot create something new; it lacks true creativity. However, it can generate new combinations of elements it has…

Aug 3

Generative AI: Collapsing Creativity and Itself

Aug 3

Jonas Barnett

Australia: The Challenges of Digital Transformation

The Australian Government is committed to digital transformation. It promotes this on the Austrade site: “Australia is building competitive…

Jul 29

Australia: The Challenges of Digital Transformation

Jul 29

Jonas Barnett

CrowdStrike: Risk Taking in a Complex World

Jul 25

CrowdStrike: Risk Taking in a Complex World

Jul 25

Jonas Barnett

Missteps at Scale: CrowdStrike’s Cautionary Tale

Most people have heard of the massive business disruption caused by a software update. Among the organizations caught up in the outage were…

Jul 23

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Jul 23

Jonas Barnett

AI: The Dangers of Employing Systems You Don’t Understand

Currently, everyone is incorporating AI into everything they do. This is facilitated by easy access to AI services such as ChatGPT and…

Jul 22

AI: The Dangers of Employing Systems You Don’t Understand

Jul 22

Jonas Barnett

Jonas Barnett

he/him

I've worked in a few SaaS engineering leadership roles in growth-phase companies. I am interested in technology use, and its impact on society.

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