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Reclaiming Focus: Why SaaS Fatigue Is Fueling the Rise of AI Agents
Drowning in logins, scattered SaaS tools, and overpriced subscriptions? Here’s how AI agents are quietly dismantling the old software stack.
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Daniel Walters
Has AI Finally Made Fred Brooks' Surgical Team a Reality?
What if one developer could outperform a team—not by working harder, but by working with AI as their surgical support crew?
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Daniel Walters
Wondering How to Support AI Adoption? A Guide for Leaders.
Not everyone is exploring how AI can help them improve productivity or enhance products or address entirely new market opportunities. How can an…
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Daniel Walters

April 2025

Paid Subscribers Only: When Budgets Are Tight – A Leader’s Guide to Amplifying Software Product Engineering Impact
In the past year, rising interest rates and shifting market confidence have created a cost-conscious environment, pushing organisations to do more with…
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Daniel Walters
Is AI-assisted Coding About Augmenting or Replacing Devs And Does the Distinction Even Matter?
There's rhetoric I've heard a lot recently where well-meaning people seek to clarify that AI-assisted development is about augmentation not replacement…
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Daniel Walters
You Can't Assess AI-assisted Development Through Theory Or Tyre-kicking Alone
I see people forming views about the impact of AI-assisted development with a primarily theoretical lens or from early experiences using AI development…
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Daniel Walters
What Principles Might Change In AI-assisted Software Development?
Some firmly held notions in software development may break as the automation promises of AI take hold. Let's explore some of these and take some…
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Daniel Walters
A response to 'By what means? Management without objectives'
Readers may have noticed that I had been having a discussion with Martin Chesbrough about OKRs. You may have missed a long comment of mine on his blog…
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Daniel Walters
Paid Subscribers Only: Value-driven Technology Funding — Aligning Investment Mechanisms with Software Excellence
A misstep for new executives is sticking with the existing funding structure. What is the impact on software development when it's not fit for purpose…
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Daniel Walters
Are Software Development Progressives Becoming the New Curmudgeons?
Knowing AI is hype-prone is one thing. It's another thing to deny the impact it's already having and risking becoming irrelevant. How can we miss the…
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Daniel Walters
Paid Subscribers Only: Attention CEOs! How You Fund and Manage Software Budgets May Be Damaging Your Investments
I’ve seen executives frustrated when software investments fall short. A key factor in success lies with them. Here’s how funding impacts development.
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Daniel Walters

March 2025

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