In “An Ordinary Evening in New Haven,” the poet Wallace Stevens wrote, “It is not in the premise that reality is a solid.” That line came to mind during a fascinating conversation with Harper Reed, which amounted to something like “It is no longer in the premise that software is a product.” Harper is one […]
For the past two years, I’ve been working with economist Ilan Strauss at the AI Disclosures Project. We started out by asking what regulators would need to know to ensure the safety of AI products that touch hundreds of millions of people. We are now exploring the missing mechanisms that are needed to enable the […]
On March 26, Addy Osmani and I are hosting the third O’Reilly AI Codecon, and this time we’re taking on the question of what software craftsmanship looks like when AI agents are writing much of the code. The subtitle of this event, “Software Craftsmanship in the Age of AI,” was meant to be provocative. Craftsmanship […]
My “Live with Tim” conversation with Steve Yegge this week was one of those sessions where you could imagine the audience leaning forward in their chairs. And on more than one occasion, when Steve got particularly colorful, I imagined them recoiling. Steve has always been one of the most provocative thinkers in our industry, going […]