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The Steady Beat - Issue 25.08.2
Real conversations matter, the design talent problem, lobbying engineers, and unwarranted imposter syndrome.

The Steady Beat - Issue 25.08.1
The perils of mapping enterprise workflows, what a survey of 49K developers reveals about AI, how AI coding assistants can actually slow things down, and fir...

The Steady Beat - Issue 25.07.3
Coding agents wreak havoc, engineering is hard, flying blind with AI, and solving the blank page problem.

The Steady Beat - Issue 25.07.2
Starting small with AI agents, humans as the loop, context over everything, and the careful balance of using AI for HR.

The Steady Beat - Issue 25.07.1
Human-first skill sets, company culture in the AI era, AI is not teamwork fairy dust, and AI transformations that stick.

The Steady Beat - Issue 25.06.4
Managing AI hype, lateral programming, writing well, systems of action, and context is everything.

The Steady Beat - Issue 25.06.3
How to micromanage, software as systems of action, mapping managers, and finding the right management balance.

The Steady Beat - Issue 25.06.2
Running in the background, the perils of losing context, magical probability machines, and building a mess in minutes.

The Steady Beat - Issue 25.06.1
Don't ignore AI out of spite, the CEO AI memo under scrutiny, the too-smart manager, and a summary of the latest Meeker tome.
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