Fragments Nov 19
I’ve been on the road in Europe for the last couple of weeks, and while I was there Thoughtworks released volume 33 of our Technology Radar. Again it’s dominated by…
How Agentic AI Empowers Architecture Governance
One of the principles in our upcoming book Architecture as Code is the ability for architects to design automated governance checks for important architectural concerns, creating fast feedback loops when…
Standalone Copilot in Power BI mobile apps: Chat with your data anytime anywhere (Preview)
We’re excited to announce the release of the Standalone Copilot experience in Power BI Mobile apps! Copilot in Power BI on mobile is a new way to get insights from…
Scientists can track individual butterflies with tiny sensors
Monarch butterflies somehow fly from Ontario, Canada to Mexico City, but the migration patterns were unknown. A small sensor to tag individual butterflies might provide the answers. Dan Fagin, with…
Build to Last
The following originally appears on fast.ai and is reposted here with the author’s permission. I’ve spent decades teaching people to code, building tools that help developers work more effectively, and…
Name mentions in Epstein email cache
Congress released a cache of Jeffrey Epstein’s email threads. For the Wall Street Journal, Brian Whitton, John West, and Kara Dapena show name drops through a series of beeswarm charts,…
My Foreword to "Frictionless"
I find most writing on software productivity to be twaddle, but Nicole Forsgren and Abi Noda are notable exceptions. I had a chance to take a look at their new…
The Trillion Dollar Problem
Picture this: You’re a data analyst on day one at a midsize SaaS company. You’ve got the beginnings of a data warehouse—some structured, usable data and plenty of raw data…
Troubling AI-powered toys
From the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), a safety report on AI-powered toys: In our testing, it was obvious that some toy companies are putting in guardrails to make…