matthewskelton

matthewskelton, 2 days ago to random

"Surprisingly, our results show that women's contributions tend to be accepted more often than men's. However, when a woman's gender is identifiable, they are rejected more often. Our results suggest that although women on GitHub may be more competent overall, bias against them exists nonetheless."

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308716997_Gender_bias_in_open_source_Pull_request_acceptance_of_women_versus_men

🤬

matthewskelton, 7 months ago to rant

PSA: "It's hard to find women to speak at events in Tech" - this is pure bullshit 💩

It's hard to convince women to risk attending a mostly-male event when they cannot see your ally-ship, maybe. But there are plenty of smart, highly capable women in Tech that would significantly enhance your event by speaking there.

Build your network. Listen to women. Then get a 50:50 women:men organizing team. 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Then listen some more.

Maybe then women will say "yes" to your event.

#rant

matthewskelton, 2 months ago to llm

"the real-world use case for large language models is overwhelmingly to generate content for spamming"

Excellent article by Amy Castor

#GenAI #LLM #Crypto #Scam

https://amycastor.com/2023/09/12/pivot-to-ai-pay-no-attention-to-the-man-behind-the-curtain/

matthewskelton, 5 months ago to random

My god. Basecamp/37signals and DHH in particular: what a cesspool of toxic waste ☣️

https://blogs.library.duke.edu/blog/2023/11/30/why-were-dropping-basecamp/

matthewskelton, 11 months ago to ChatGPT

LLMs and GPT-based AI systems should pay IP fees to all creators and authors whose work provides the AI ability.

What's that you say? They wouldn't be financially viable? Then these AI systems are basically stealing. 💰

#ChatGPT #AI #LLMs

matthewskelton, 6 months ago to random

"The competent people are there, just made totally impotent by the organization"

https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-accidentally-saved-half-a-million-dollars/

matthewskelton, 9 months ago to ai

Many orgs are seeking to use AI effectively as outsourcing, avoiding "high" person costs.

🔮 Prediction: the use of AI as an outsourcing tool will fail for the same reasons that cost-driven outsourcing always fails: poor customer experience, lack of tight feedback loops, and information void "black boxes".

#AI #outsourcing

matthewskelton, 7 months ago to random

Q: What do we have to give up to move towards fast flow?
A: The illusion of control

#FastFlow #TeamTopologies

matthewskelton, 5 months ago to random

"Today, the UK is presenting a grand vision for a hostile digital environment: a jungle where big tech and rogue businesses will be free to harass you in the name of growth and innovation."

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/vandalising-your-privacy-rights/

matthewskelton, 3 months ago to random

I am proud to be a Scaled Agile DevOps Accredited Facilitator 🤣

Thank you, Bryan Finster!

https://sadmf.com/

#sadmf

Matthew Skelton (white guy, dark/greying hair) wearing a t-shirt saying SAD Accredited Facilitator... with an ironic grin

matthewskelton, 10 months ago to random

"Experian, Fidelity and JP Morgan are amongst the organisations finding development flow with Team Topologies" - great summary of FastFlowConf from Mark Chillingworth

https://diginomica.com/topology-team-flow

#FastFlow #TeamTopologies #FastFlowConf

matthewskelton, 22 days ago to random

YCombinator is officially a threat to democracy ☣️

"as an alternative to forming new cities, tech zillionaires can use elections to seize existing governments."

https://newrepublic.com/article/180487/balaji-srinivasan-network-state-plutocrat

matthewskelton, 1 month ago to random

Is the main purpose of your organisation actually Exec enrichment or truly customer success?

Because the behaviour of many orgs suggests that Exec enrichment is the real purpose.

🐉💰

nealcurtis, 2 days ago to random

AI = a massive spike in energy consumption and carbon emissions for the production of what is the intellectual equivalent of mechanically reclaimed meat, and yet it will be pursued by capitalists seeking to position themselves as a very small door with stiff hinges that is the only gateway to knowledge. It is nothing but a damaging power play dressed up as a benign service. 🐂💩

RuthMalan, 22 days ago to random

'Given the degree of brokenness of the broken world (and the expense of fixing it), we need all maintainers to apply their diverse disciplinary methods and practical skills to the collective project of repair. [..] Fixers, he says, “know and see different things — indeed, different worlds — than the better-known figures of ‘designer’ or ‘user.’” Breakdown has “world-disclosing properties.”'

-- @shannonmattern
https://placesjournal.org/article/maintenance-and-care/

matthewskelton, 6 months ago to random

Hot tip: any "developer productivity" tool that measures Lines of Code per developer is almost certainly absolute garbage 🗑️

A fire burning in a shipping container

matthewskelton, 1 month ago to random

"we provide guidance for organizations on how to maintain high job demands by emphasizing collective trust and open communication about organizational-level competitive pressure to mitigate burnout at work. "

Research curated by the Tavistock Institute

https://buff.ly/3TPke0p

tcoopman, 10 days ago to random

Any people on here who have both experience with #ddd + #teamtopologies and #less or #fast?

It feels that stream-aligned teams and the fluid teams is a big conflict? And I'm wondering what kind of tradeoffs you've found when working with one or the other?

For example, how do devs build deep domain expertise in fluid teams?

Or if you do TeamToplogies, does it always mean that you might need to rework your architecture so teams can work on value and not just on individual components?

matthewskelton, 10 days ago to random

"But how does it scale?" is a common question for organizational transformation initiatives. The answer is that it scales primarily via enthusiasm and learning, not via structure or framework.

Example:

Let's say the required outcome is to move 100 people over 10 kilometers. Do you:

1. Build a juggernaut that fits 100 people 🚚 - the "framework" approach
2. Organize a 10km fun run and train people up 🏃 - the nimble, humane approach

The 10km run is the way

#transformation #FastFlow

matthewskelton, 22 days ago to random

"real world AI boosts bureaucratic cruelty towards the most vulnerable. Case after case, from Australia to the Netherlands, has proven that unleashing machine learning in welfare systems amplifies injustice and the punishment of the poor. AI doesn't provide insights as it's just a giant statistical guessing game. What it does do is amplify thoughtlessness, a lack of care, and a distancing from actual consequences."

https://danmcquillan.org/ai_thatcherism.html

matthewskelton, 1 month ago to devops

🤯 US firms lost $360bn per year in poor productivity due to poor employee-supervisor relationships.

Sabine Wojcieszak at Acceler8IT conference

#Acceler8IT #DevOps #Transformation

matthewskelton, 4 months ago to random

In my view, if a decision needs to be escalated to me as CEO, I have probably failed to codify that aspect of governance and operating model.

But I bet many execs relish decisions coming to them repeatedly.

#OperatingModel #FastFlow #Governance

matthewskelton, 29 days ago to random

"That impulse to scour away the messiness that makes life resilient is what many conservation biologists call the “pathology of command and control.” Today, the same drive to centralize, control and extract has driven the internet to the same fate as the ravaged forests."

We Need To Rewild The Internet
By MARIA FARRELL AND ROBIN BERJON

https://www.noemamag.com/we-need-to-rewild-the-internet/

#complexity