PinnedInThe Grand Game of Software EngineeringbyDr Stuart Woolley·Oct 19They hired a Time Lord, then handed them a mopOr, how to be hired for your brain and be paid for your patience.A response icon1A response icon1
PinnedInThe Grand Game of Software EngineeringbyDr Stuart Woolley·Oct 6Agile, Gone Not With A Bang But With A WhimperIf anyone noticed, the evangelists have had their rapture.A response icon19A response icon19
PinnedInThe Grand Game of Software EngineeringbyDr Stuart Woolley·Aug 20Why Did You Resign?Yes, employee Number Six (thousand), you were always a number and never a free man.A response icon7A response icon7
PinnedInThe Grand Game of Software EngineeringbyDr Stuart Woolley·Feb 17Agile to “AI” — The Most Expensive Pivot EverAnd why everyone’s a prompt engineer now.A response icon4A response icon4
PinnedInThe Grand Game of Software EngineeringbyDr Stuart Woolley·Mar 16, 2025The Combinatorial Bomb That Is “Vibe Coding”Or, how the realpolitik of software engineering just makes the copy/pasters look very foolish indeed.A response icon40A response icon40
InThe Grand Game of Software EngineeringbyDr Stuart Woolley·1d agoAirbrushed From The About Us PageYezhov stood beside Stalin once too. Then he didn’t.
InThe Grand Game of Software EngineeringbyDr Stuart Woolley·6d agoNobody Else Decides What You Work On NowSome of us were waiting for “AI” for an entirely different reason.A response icon3A response icon3
InThe Grand Game of Software EngineeringbyDr Stuart Woolley·Oct 24Thirty Years Dodging Management But Then The Agents ArrivedI ended up doing the same job, just with fewer biscuits.A response icon3A response icon3
InThe Grand Game of Software EngineeringbyDr Stuart Woolley·Oct 11The Effective Hourly Rate Of Doing NothingOr, how the “permie” classes can approach contract rates without ever leaving their desks.A response icon1A response icon1
InThe Grand Game of Software EngineeringbyDr Stuart Woolley·Oct 1Going Down With Somebody Else’s ShipOr, the captain is always the last one off (which is no comfort at all when they’ve decided nobody else is getting off either).
