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Process Matters

| Writing notes by hand and rephrasing them in my own words is more valuable to me than relying on AI tools.

Thudfactor link roundup #1

| In this first link roundup, I share posts about metrics, AI psychology, and accessibility that caught my attention this last week.

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I Like JavaScript

| Regardless of what you think about it, JavaScript is a crucial part of the platform.

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Why scrum fails

| Scrum seems like it works. I've seen it work; it's working for me now. Why do so many people think it's a failure?

Sunset over a large, mostly still body of water. The sun is already below the horzion, so the water is dark and the sky is fairly dark as well. There are a few wisps of clouds near the horizon that lighten the burt orange of the sky there.

A Fairy-Tale about Capitalism

| A story that illustrates what we were all told about capitalism, and most of us still feel to be true. Even if we know better.

A bookshelf showing a complete set of the Great Books of the Western World, a wooden jack-o-lantern, and a ceramic lamp shaped like a pair of siamese cats. Off to the side you can see a couple of media shelves with variety of DVDs.

The last Kindle

| Confessions of a data-hoarder in the midst of late capitalism.