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Linux Foundation Announces the Formation of the Developer Relations Foundation

Fintan Ryan @fintanr.bsky.social · Aug 26

Honestly don't understand the need for this.

www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-...

Vortex Project Joins LF AI & Data Foundation

www.linuxfoundation.org

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Fintan Ryan @fintanr.bsky.social · Aug 24

Why I Replaced My Executive Team with a Magic 8-Ball and Saw 300% Growth

Some ground breaking LLM generated thought leadership

msuaas.com/2025/08/24/m...

Why I Replaced My Executive Team with a Magic 8-Ball and Saw 300% Growth

Enterprises today face unprecedented complexity. Data deluge, shifting geopolitical conditions, and accelerating technological disruption have rendered traditional executive decision-making both slow ...

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Fintan Ryan @fintanr.bsky.social · Aug 12

Not sure building an updated deck on the AI devtools landscape to the strains of Chaos AD from Sepultura will set the correct tone, but lets see how this morning goes..

Fintan Ryan @fintanr.bsky.social · Jul 30

"Perfect! That's a great improvement." - no, no its not, its what I asked you to do the in the first place dear llm.

Critical Vulnerability in AI Vibe Coding platform Base44 | Wiz Blog

Fintan Ryan @fintanr.bsky.social · Jul 30

I've said more than a few times that if you like Vibe Coding your going to love Vibe Security... indeed... and thats not to mention the lessons in basic software engineering some folks learned over the last few weeks.

www.wiz.io/blog/critica...

New discovery underscores security implications of AI-powered development and the rise of Vibe Coding Platforms.

www.wiz.io

Fintan Ryan @fintanr.bsky.social · Jul 30

Nice one, congrats Oxide team.

WASPInomics and the magic avocado tree

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · Jul 30

This is really excellent on our understandings of - and the reality of - intergenerational inequality.

Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · Jul 29

My latest, exploring with numbers how the millennial household budget is basically incomprehensible to retired boomers.

Why boomers struggle to make sense of the millennial world.

open.substack.com

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Fintan Ryan @fintanr.bsky.social · Jul 27

Right up your street @monkchips.com , think @bettyjunod.bsky.social might enjoy this too.

Occhipiniti SP68 Bianco 2023

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Fintan Ryan @fintanr.bsky.social · Jul 26

Realise it’s trendy to dunk on bullet points right now, but you do realise that they existed before AI. And they are an incredibly effective way of writing for certain audiences.

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Fintan Ryan @fintanr.bsky.social · Jul 25

The Silent Language of Office Plants: How Foliage Drives Innovation

This weeks ground breaking thought leadership msuaas post, courtesy of Google Gemini 2.5.

msuaas.com/2025/07/25/s...

The Silent Language of Office Plants: How Foliage Drives Innovation

Beyond Aesthetics – The Strategic Imperative of Biophilia

YouTube video by TheCureVEVO

Fintan Ryan @fintanr.bsky.social · Jul 23

Finishing up some work and stuck on A Forest by The Cure. Still wonderful that it sends shivers down my spine every time I hear it.

youtu.be/xik-y0xlpZ0?...

The Cure - A Forest

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Fintan Ryan @fintanr.bsky.social · Jul 19

Introducing "Corporate Astrology: Aligning Your Business Strategy with Mercury Retrograde", new LLM generated thought leadership. (yes it is satire).

msuaas.com/2025/07/19/c...

Corporate Astrology: Aligning Your Business Strategy with Mercury Retrograde

In an era of unprecedented volatility, businesses are increasingly seeking unconventional frameworks to navigate uncertainty. This paper introduces Corporate Astrology—a paradigm-shifting approach to ...

Corporate Astrology: Aligning Your Business Strategy with Mercury Retrograde

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Fintan Ryan @fintanr.bsky.social · Jul 19

Choice was totally coincidental. Politicians honour.

Fintan Ryan @fintanr.bsky.social · Jul 19

Introducing "Corporate Astrology: Aligning Your Business Strategy with Mercury Retrograde", new LLM generated thought leadership. (yes it is satire).

msuaas.com/2025/07/19/c...

In an era of unprecedented volatility, businesses are increasingly seeking unconventional frameworks to navigate uncertainty. This paper introduces Corporate Astrology—a paradigm-shifting approach to ...

Quantum Management: Leading Teams Through Parallel Corporate Realities

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Fintan Ryan @fintanr.bsky.social · Jul 11

This weeks MSUAAS post is courtesy of Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4 on "Retroactive Synergy: Achieving Tomorrow’s Results Yesterday" msuaas.com/2025/07/11/r...

Fintan Ryan @fintanr.bsky.social · Jul 6

This weeks guest post is from OpenAI GPT 4.0 on "Quantum Management: Leading Teams Through Parallel Corporate Realities"

msuaas.com/2025/07/06/q...

Quantum mechanics has long fascinated scientists with its paradoxes and principles, yet its implications for corporate leadership remain largely unexplored. This whitepaper introduces the concept of Q...

Making Shit Up As A Service

Fintan Ryan @fintanr.bsky.social · Jul 6

Silly fun weekend project I finally got around to, introducing Making Shit Up As A Service (msuaas.com), an irreverent look at LLM generated thought leadership.

Making Shit Up As A Service: An irreverent look at the capabilities of LLMs.

Fintan Ryan @fintanr.bsky.social · Jul 6

Don’t think I will make @monktoberfest.com this year. You should if you can.

Fintan Ryan @fintanr.bsky.social · Jun 29

It’s amusing watching people’s egos go stratospheric when they mistake luck and being the massive beneficiaries of the work and foresight of others for some sort of strategic brilliance on their part.

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Fintan Ryan @fintanr.bsky.social · Jun 21

BBQ broccoli, bbq limes & satay sauce

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Fintan Ryan @fintanr.bsky.social · Jun 6

A welcome view of Edinburghs shoreline after a long layover with an extra delay in Schipol.

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Fintan Ryan @fintanr.bsky.social · May 28

totally

Fintan Ryan @fintanr.bsky.social · May 27

OpenAI is the first consumer company in a longtime to have the scale to pull this off. Thinking all the way back to 2012 and a twitter interaction with @monkchips.com

redmonk.com/jgovernor/20...

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Fintan Ryan @fintanr.bsky.social · May 14

its a 50/50. Some great tracks some a bit meh. But it got me through two hours of stuff this evening :).