what's the right ratio of words to data?
Goldilocks and the Three Bears is an oft-invoked metaphor for the situation in which, among a range of options, the target is a zone between “too much” and “too little”…
Legacy Modernization meets GenAI
Most of the talk about the impact of GenAI on software development is about its ability to write (messy) code. But many of us think it’s going to be much…
Preparing for AI
AI is everywhere—we’re in a middle of a technology shift that’s as big (and possibly bigger) than the arrival of the web in the 1990s. Even though ChatGPT appeared almost…
The AI Blues
A recent article in Computerworld argued that the output from generative AI systems, like GPT and Gemini, isn’t as good as it used to be. It isn’t the first time…
Governing data products using fitness functions
Decentralized data management requires automation to scale governance effectively. Fitness functions are a powerful automated governance technique my colleagues have applied to data products within the context of a Data…
Announcing TMDL support for the ALM Toolkit
Explore the latest features of the ALM Toolkit! Our new update adds coloring support for TMDL, allowing you to view tabular model metadata in a user-friendly, YAML-like syntax. Enhance your…
Bliki: Cycle Time
Cycle Time is a measure of how long it takes to get a new feature in a software system from idea to running in production. In Agile circles, we try…
Radar Trends to Watch: September 2024
This month, we’ll give AI a rest. Alex Russell has finished an excellent series of posts titled, “Reckoning.” It’s a must-read for web developers. If you want to understand why…
#SWDchallenge: stack it up!
This month, we invite you to explore the power of a stacked graph. Your mission is to find a scenario where a stacked graph shines as a visualization that makes…