Category Archives: Trends

The next platform shift is coming

Linas Beliunas painted a quite dark picture for Microsoft, comparing its future to the collapse of DEC. “DEC missed the platform shift. PCs rose. IBM adapted. DEC died. AI could do the same to Microsoft. If AI agents replace SaaS, … Continue reading

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“Jobs are not disappearing, mediocrity is”

Marco Montali: “Despite the recurring, unsupported hyped statements on disappearing jobs: jobs are not disappearing, mediocrity is. A mediocre programmer, a mediocre journalist, a mediocre expert will likely be out-of-market. It is now time to tell people that they have … Continue reading

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Gartner Stock Down 49%

Forbes: Gartner Stock Down 49%. Learn Why, What CEO Can Do, And Whether To Buy $IT

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The glorification of mediocrity

Stéphane Dalbera posted on LinkedIn: There’s a troubling narrative spreading across LinkedIn:“To help beginners, we must dumb everything down.”—Strip down the language.Avoid abstractions.Stick to the bare minimum.Pretend the standard library barely exists.—Let’s call this what it is: The glorification of … Continue reading

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AI Index Reports

Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI): “The mission of the AI Index is to provide unbiased, rigorously vetted, and globally sourced data for policymakers, researchers, journalists, executives, and the general public to develop a deeper understanding of the complex … Continue reading

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Amazon Layoffs and Streamline Decision-Making

In a surprising move, Amazon is set to lay off up to 14,000 managers by March 2025. Comments from LinkedIn: “Is this really about cost-cutting, or something bigger? Amazon is flattening its hierarchy and betting big on automation and AI-driven … Continue reading

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Hype as a Service (HaaS)

Stephen Klein’s “announcement” about a new highly popular business model Link

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Will software engineers became extinct?

Andrew NG‘s answer is negative. He posted: “As coding becomes easier, more people should code, not fewer! One question I’m asked most often is what someone should do who is worried about job displacement by AI. My answer is: Learn … Continue reading

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Thought-Provoking AI-2025 Predictions

Greg Isenberg published his controversial but thought-provoking list of predictions. Here are just a few hooks:

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Agentic AI for Decision-Making

“To build truly impactful AI, we must embrace Augmented Intelligence—keeping the Human in the Loop to ensure explainability, trust, and accountability.One critical step: creating intermediate, human-consumable artifacts (think: models) that can be validated and verified. These are essential milestones on … Continue reading

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