Thank you! “Don’t use AI just for the sake of it”.

Yay! Lovely engineering leader just shared openly a failed AI agent story! They tried to build a chat bot to help internal support questions and it failed. Thank you for your honest experience!

The more presentations I see the more I think less is more on slides. Ok you have 4 points, do one per slide. Even if it’s just one word.

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How do devs feel about an AI future where they become the HR department / managers for AI rather than the creators of solutions using their coding expertise? Do you think that is what will happen? #ai

Listening to a talk which is confusing me. It talks about embracing genetic AI as it’s here to stay but to be ready for when it goes rogue. Argh

I like the idea of trying revers Conway law to help with desired transformations. We ten instant using org charts and that’s not very helpful if you know of Conway’s law

One of my main issues with AI sales pitches is that it always talks about removing human collaboration. We have such low feelings of connection nowadays this will just make it worse

What do you do with the information from employee surveys? What do you share that you have changed based on feedback? If you don’t show you are listening and acting you will lose trust from employees

Psychological safety is built by actions not words. How do you show up as a leader every day? #evolve #brighton #inclusion

DEI and inclusion context and trends #evolve #brighton #techcommunity

How can we embrace AI responsibly and sustainably? Do you need to generate and post cats and dogs doing high jump competitions?

Small tip for tech sustainability most might be able to do: Use dark mode. It takes a bit less power. Every little can make a difference despite it feeling a bit underwhelming in light of the cost of AI :/

Lovely to be back in the local tech community and see old friends as well as making new ones. #evolve #brighton #techcommunity

Cloud adoption tends to fail not due to the tech, but due to people and processes not being addressed. It needs training, cultural changes and investment. #evolvebrighton2025

I haven’t really used this much yet. 😅 off to evolve conference in Brighton today!

There’s a moment when you realise that waiting for the “right time” is just another way to stay stuck. If you’re tired of raising the same quality concerns with no impact, Q.E.D. Mastery is for you. Doors close tonight. 👉 courses.kato-coachin...

So I’m conflicted. I’ve been using copilot for 2 days and added unit tests to 6 workflow scripts in our repo. So I’ve improved testing and quality for the future. Dev PR reviews have very little commentary on the code. Some stylistic changes. That’s all. I’ve learned a lot but typed little 🤷🏻‍♀️

I can’t work out if I’m scared of change. I’m not scared of AI replacing my job but I struggled to really engage with it for my job. I like solving a problem and I’m not sure what problem to solve with it? 🥲😆

My faith in humanity is so low. My parents were scammed out of a lot of money a few years back. Now my mum is getting scammed again, online people are being scammed for ozempic jabs. 😩😔

Most people won’t be affected that I know here but my mum nearly got scammed by this. www.o2.co.uk/inspiration/... Please tell your less internet savvy friends and family that the OTAC codes are not for verification and should never be given to anyone else. 💖

Admitting I didn’t have all the answers was the best decision I ever made as a quality leader. Vulnerability builds trust. And trust turns gatekeepers into enablers.

Hiring manages, please please post a salary range on job ads. It’s been so demoralising to apply, writing cover letters and updating CVs to be turned down due to salary expectations. Just supply a range. If you can’t then start paying people equally and then supply a range. Saves everyone time.

Happy birthday

Actually found some enjoyment and purpose today. It’s been a while. Facilitated a risk analysis session, did some high level coaching. Some hands on testing. And now want to sleep. 😅😂

I haven’t seen my little ones in a month. But they seem to remember me 🥰

@olorin.bsky.social and I just had the start of a great discussion about AI and society and the wider effects of letting computers replace humans especially in fields where creative thinking is needed. Look outside of your industry and echo chamber to discuss these things.

A lot of job interviews are online nowadays but companies want you in the office 2-3 days a week. Why not have the interview in the office so your potential employee can get an idea of the commute and office atmosphere? When I asked to go to a company office last year I was told no!? 😢

Turns out no one claimed “punkmik” so here I am. :)