Software is a discovery process
The development of software is a relatively new discipline, and one that is constantly changing. The last couple of years have been an earthquake with the arrival of AI, but even before that, the field changed beyond recognition from one decade to the next. Still, there’s something that I think is part of its essence, and it hasn’t changed. It has been widely recognised for the last quarter of a century, since the Agile Manifesto. It is borderline impossible to know exactly what functionality a software project needs until it’s done. And… Read More
Agents and Agency
There’s a lot of talk about the capabilities of AI Agents, and a lot of promise on the things that they may be able to achieve. Or not achieve. As well as a lot of excitement, there’s a lot of skepticism, where not direct rejection. The term of AI Agent is still a bit in flux, but it refers to a program that runs independently with a particular goal and it’s capable of taking actions. The instructions to it are either specific to be done right now (for example: “Go to this… Read More
