Then what happens if AI is doing the writing and reading?| Hardcore Software by Steven Sinofsky
The computer industry lost a legendary executive this week with the passing of Mike Maples, Sr.| Hardcore Software by Steven Sinofsky
A Books I Read in 2024 list. Some of them I enjoyed. Some of them drove me bonkers. I like that part of reading. Hope you enjoy this list.| Hardcore Software by Steven Sinofsky
It is very easy to be disruptive, but being a disruptor is enormously difficult technically and emotionally| Hardcore Software by Steven Sinofsky
We have decades of experience trying to automate processes. My biggest lesson is that automation is not about the easy and known flow, but about exception handling.| Hardcore Software by Steven Sinofsky
The use of AI is causing some in universities to freak out. I would worry more about NOT using AI, if history is any indication.| Hardcore Software by Steven Sinofsky
Have expectations for AI been getting too high? Not high enough? Thinking about how AI has evolved in past boom/bust cycles.| Hardcore Software by Steven Sinofsky
Not every platform shift yields a new OS or does it?| Hardcore Software by Steven Sinofsky
Many have been asking for a "shelf-worthy" compilation along with an eBook and audiobook. I'm super excited to share the availability of all formats.| Hardcore Software by Steven Sinofsky
Redesigning the UX or API of a product seems to always be in the plans. No product is perfect and customer feedback abounds. Some things you might think of if you embark on such a journey.| Hardcore Software by Steven Sinofsky
An essay on the EU Digital Markets Act and Apple’s Update on apps distributed in the European Union (and some personal history)| hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com
CES proved a transition year with many established product lines showing incremental improvements or focusing on B2B areas and new product lines showing a rush to demonstrate their relevancy to AI.| hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com
This is a fantastic paper. I just love it. tl;dr AI is not human. Anthropomorphization has been bad for AI, LLMs, and Chat. Clippy walked so today's AI could run.| Hardcore Software by Steven Sinofsky
AI is a tool-driven revolution. That’s why it unnerves people. Freeman Dyson said in 1993, “Scientific revolutions are more often driven by new tools than by new concepts.” That’s AI.| hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com
Much has been made of tariffs, but few have talked about the myriad of soft costs when it comes to international trade. Sharing my personal experience of Microsoft and the China market.| hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com
There's a long history of "middleware" in our industry. Everyone wants it. There's always a hot one, but it rarely makes to the finish line and often disappoints.| Hardcore Software by Steven Sinofsky
Our industry is cyclic but the latest wave of efficiency harkens back to the time when companies told us not to be penny wise v. pound foolish. It didn't seem realistic to me then but was competitive.| hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com
DeepSeek was certain to happen. The only unknown was who was going to do it. The choices were a startup or someone outside the current center of US AI leadership and innovation.| hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com
Some engineering patterns that sound good but almost never work as intended| hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com
March 21, 2024 the United States filed an antitrust complaint against Apple. The filing is a new approach to antitrust and hinges on mostly how Apple chose to design the iPhone from the very start.| hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com
The President’s Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence is a premature and pessimistic political solution to unknown technical problems and a clear case of regulatory capture.| hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com
“If the future of Windows apps is HTML5/JavaScript then Windows has no future.” —Tim Anderson's blog, IT Writing, June 3, 2011| hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com