General ramblings of an IC turned Engineering Director

Welcome to a variety of blog posts about the latest language I've been tinkering with, interesting tech projects, commentary on amusing happenings and of course AI... all with a sprinkling of people management and leadership. (because without people, where the heck would we be?!)

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Nick

Development in the age of AI...some metrics

Intro So, you've all seen the hype. You've maybe experienced how awesome (and highly addictive!) Claude Code feels. From an enterprise perspective, in an engineering team of ~30 active engineers committing to well over ~40 active repos, what's it meant from a data perspective over…

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Nick

skipton.digital

What is it? https://skipton.digital / https://www.linkedin.com/groups/17858011/ A local meetup of like minded people who work in or around digital and technology. It's open to everyone - even if you don't work in technology, if you have an interest in what we're discussing, come along! A…

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Nick

Is Modern Software development still the Ultimate Team Sport?

I’ve been watching the latest developments in software development closely, and with some interest. I’m seeing parallels between my early career and the current technologies being touted as the next best thing. Chunky (AI-written) specifications and (super crazy fast) waterfall development anyone? For decades, the…

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