July 2026
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What You’re Actually Saying When You Say “AI Doesn’t Work”
“AI doesn’t work” has never once been a fact about AI. It’s always been just a confession. About you. “I don’t know how to use it.” Back in 2008 I was writing a book. Implementing Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 , together with David Roys – Dave, of the Gaspode’s Brain Dump fame, if you were around the NAV blogosphere back then.
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I don’t trust my agents either
There is a moment in my workshops that I have learned to wait for. I am showing something on screen, agents doing their thing, and somewhere in the middle of it I drop the line. Casually. The way you’d mention the weather: “…and then I usually tell it: when done, commit and push.” And the room changes.
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Real Programmers Don’t Use Pascal
Programming is not a 20th century invention. Ideas behind what we call programming have existed since at least the 9th century. The very term “algorithm” comes from the name of Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, a mathematician born around 780 somewhere in modern-day Uzbekistan.
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What to do in the age of code printing
Over the past 5 months, I’ve delivered 8 workshops, 17 sessions, one podcast, and participated in more discussions about AI and its capabilities than I can count. Most of those included some talk around how we should approach this AI power marching into our offices – and I won’t say here “AI power…
