Glenn Thimmes
@glennthimmes.bsky.social
Building things. Chasing vert.
Your architecture diagrams are lies. Useful lies. But lies. The real system is in the incident reports.
January 28, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Your architecture diagrams are lies. Useful lies. But lies. The real system is in the incident reports.
A lesson that some leaders get right away and others never learn: your job isn't to have the best ideas. It's to create an environment where the best ideas win — even when they're not yours.
#Leadership #SoftwareEngineering
#Leadership #SoftwareEngineering
January 27, 2026 at 10:51 PM
A lesson that some leaders get right away and others never learn: your job isn't to have the best ideas. It's to create an environment where the best ideas win — even when they're not yours.
#Leadership #SoftwareEngineering
#Leadership #SoftwareEngineering
This is one of the best explanations I have seen of the tech behind LLMs. If you have 27 minutes to spare, you'll find it surprisingly easy to follow.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjZo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjZo...
Transformers, the tech behind LLMs | Deep Learning Chapter 5
YouTube video by 3Blue1Brown
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January 22, 2026 at 11:13 PM
This is one of the best explanations I have seen of the tech behind LLMs. If you have 27 minutes to spare, you'll find it surprisingly easy to follow.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjZo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjZo...
Aptitude assessments up 54x since 2024. When AI generates code, the bottleneck moves upstream. Syntax depreciates. Judgment doesn't.
buff.ly/Tk6ZlCN #SoftwareEngineering #TechHiring #EngineeringLeadership
buff.ly/Tk6ZlCN #SoftwareEngineering #TechHiring #EngineeringLeadership
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January 20, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Aptitude assessments up 54x since 2024. When AI generates code, the bottleneck moves upstream. Syntax depreciates. Judgment doesn't.
buff.ly/Tk6ZlCN #SoftwareEngineering #TechHiring #EngineeringLeadership
buff.ly/Tk6ZlCN #SoftwareEngineering #TechHiring #EngineeringLeadership
AI is writing 30% of Microsoft's code and 25% of Google's. How we measure productivity is more important than ever. The teams that win will measure outcomes: reliability, time-to-ship, customer impact. AI is forcing us to become better leaders. #ai
www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/12/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/12/1...
Generative coding: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2026
AI coding tools are rapidly changing how we produce software, and the industry is embracing it—perhaps at the expense of entry-level coding jobs.
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January 17, 2026 at 8:18 PM
AI is writing 30% of Microsoft's code and 25% of Google's. How we measure productivity is more important than ever. The teams that win will measure outcomes: reliability, time-to-ship, customer impact. AI is forcing us to become better leaders. #ai
www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/12/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/12/1...