1/ We're living through "The Great Inversion of Coding"—humans defining intent while AI implements.
Watched an AI agent debug, fix, test, and deploy in 12 minutes last week. The constraint isn't coding capacity anymore.

Most job descriptions are useless after day one. So in 2018, I created a framework that actually helps you understand and excel in your role: Activities vs Outputs vs Outcomes.
The key: stop confusing motion with progress. Being busy isn't the same as being effective. rajiv.com/blog/2018/12...

Why Most Leadership Advice Will Sabotage Your Career
My thoughts on and review of Jeffrey Pfeffer’s Leadership B.S. If you care about evidence over platitudes in management, give it a look. I’m interested in stories of where the book’s claims ring true—or don’t—in 2025. rajiv.com/blog/2017/11...

🧵1/2. At Stanford HAI @stanfordhai.bsky.social first Workshop on Public AI Assistants, Professor Christopher Manning @chrmanning.bsky.social used a Mad Libs-style example, echoing the “Culinary Code” analogy that Devesh Raj and I wrote about.

1/6 Over breakfast in London last month, my friend Devesh Raj shared something that made me stop mid-bite. "Explaining AI," he said with that familiar spark in his eyes, "is a bit like describing a busy restaurant..."

This story from my childhood continues to be relevant and practical advice.
rajiv.com/blog/1997/04...

Snapshot Reviews is an invaluable tool for CTOs, engineering leaders, & engineers who want to perform at their best, continually improve, and have the data and AI augmentation to support them. I'm excited to work with the Snapshot Reviews & Flatiron Software teams.
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What can octopuses teach us about AI consciousness? My reflections on the nature of intelligence, consciousness, and what neuroscience reveals about distributed cognition. From split-brain studies to gut microbiomes, exploring what it means to be "intelligent": rajiv.com/blog/2024/12...

“I hope this message finds you well.”
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I'm grateful for Bryan McCann's thoughtful recommendation. Being part of You .com's journey since 2020 has been deeply rewarding. Bryan's rare combination of technical brilliance and strategic vision has made every advisory session energizing. Thank you for the trust, Bryan rajiv.com/blog/2024/12...

As a kid, I loved tinkering with my computers—repairing and upgrading them was a thrilling way to learn. Aaron Perzanowski's insights reveal how companies' practices hinder our ability to fix our own devices and what to do about it.
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Seen in an ad for LiveOnNY in the MTA train from Connecticut to New York

if you have a @github.com profile, can i ask you to update it with your @bsky.app handle? 🙏

👉 it enables some very cool integrations, like auto curated feeds and starter packs for contributors and tech

To understand the concept of zero, our minds must create something out of nothing. Yasemin Saplakoglu writes for Quanta Magazine:

This is a useful feature in BlueSky. Using these instructions, I changed my BlueSky username to @rajiv.com, which matches my web site.

💡 Tip: You can set your website as your username on Bluesky!

This is one form of self-verification, and we especially encourage official organizations and brands to do this! Examples include @npr.org @react.dev @duolingobrasil.com.br.

Here's our guide for how to do this:

Innovative keyboard for stenography
#ProductInnovation
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This e-corner system for cars is brilliant innovation from Hyundai. It enables the car to move in ways otherwise impossible
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