Randall Noval
@starfysh.net
Technology leader delivering sustainable growth, and creating the best places to work. Squeaky wheel. Founder. fCPO + fCTO.
Focus is essential for effective delivery, whether you're an IC or a CXO. From Gerald M. Weinberg's "Quality Software Management: Systems Thinking," each additional task reduces productivity by 20%. >30 years later and we still have challenges.
https://buff.ly/48CxrAG
https://buff.ly/48CxrAG
January 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Focus is essential for effective delivery, whether you're an IC or a CXO. From Gerald M. Weinberg's "Quality Software Management: Systems Thinking," each additional task reduces productivity by 20%. >30 years later and we still have challenges.
https://buff.ly/48CxrAG
https://buff.ly/48CxrAG
So many things this applies to, not just building LLM Apps.
Evals > Set Target > Optimize - The starting point for your apps should always start with an evals. You won't know if you're going the right direction without an objective way to measure...
https://buff.ly/3XS61lj
Evals > Set Target > Optimize - The starting point for your apps should always start with an evals. You won't know if you're going the right direction without an objective way to measure...
https://buff.ly/3XS61lj
January 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
So many things this applies to, not just building LLM Apps.
Evals > Set Target > Optimize - The starting point for your apps should always start with an evals. You won't know if you're going the right direction without an objective way to measure...
https://buff.ly/3XS61lj
Evals > Set Target > Optimize - The starting point for your apps should always start with an evals. You won't know if you're going the right direction without an objective way to measure...
https://buff.ly/3XS61lj
January 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,969,125!
September 22, 2024 at 4:04 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,969,125!
Why deadlines are pointless:
"you can’t control outcomes, only the processes that generate those outcomes.
...take this: long-term objectives demand consistent short-term action and predictable performance improvements, not one big mindless push."
https://buff.ly/3SkLmBV
"you can’t control outcomes, only the processes that generate those outcomes.
...take this: long-term objectives demand consistent short-term action and predictable performance improvements, not one big mindless push."
https://buff.ly/3SkLmBV
January 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Why deadlines are pointless:
"you can’t control outcomes, only the processes that generate those outcomes.
...take this: long-term objectives demand consistent short-term action and predictable performance improvements, not one big mindless push."
https://buff.ly/3SkLmBV
"you can’t control outcomes, only the processes that generate those outcomes.
...take this: long-term objectives demand consistent short-term action and predictable performance improvements, not one big mindless push."
https://buff.ly/3SkLmBV
“I think the major harm that comes is there’s no time to think critically,” Odubela said.
It is so easy to chase the shiny AI object and become a distraction. Focus remains one of the most important elements for companies from solo-preneurs to F500.
https://buff.ly/44t9SIp
It is so easy to chase the shiny AI object and become a distraction. Focus remains one of the most important elements for companies from solo-preneurs to F500.
https://buff.ly/44t9SIp
January 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
“I think the major harm that comes is there’s no time to think critically,” Odubela said.
It is so easy to chase the shiny AI object and become a distraction. Focus remains one of the most important elements for companies from solo-preneurs to F500.
https://buff.ly/44t9SIp
It is so easy to chase the shiny AI object and become a distraction. Focus remains one of the most important elements for companies from solo-preneurs to F500.
https://buff.ly/44t9SIp
Design is only as “human-centered” as the business model allows https://buff.ly/2mlYObQ
January 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Design is only as “human-centered” as the business model allows https://buff.ly/2mlYObQ
Learn how AI works with GPT2 in a standalone spreadsheet!
A low-code way to learn AI https://buff.ly/4cjtsdG
A low-code way to learn AI https://buff.ly/4cjtsdG
January 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Learn how AI works with GPT2 in a standalone spreadsheet!
A low-code way to learn AI https://buff.ly/4cjtsdG
A low-code way to learn AI https://buff.ly/4cjtsdG
Great example of why UX design is difficult and often undervalued. What is the worst design (digital or IRL) that you have seen?
Gracie's Ice Cream: "I put a poll about this cursed knob in the stories... Guess wrong and you melt your ice cream." https://buff.ly/3Q8pSd9
Gracie's Ice Cream: "I put a poll about this cursed knob in the stories... Guess wrong and you melt your ice cream." https://buff.ly/3Q8pSd9
January 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Great example of why UX design is difficult and often undervalued. What is the worst design (digital or IRL) that you have seen?
Gracie's Ice Cream: "I put a poll about this cursed knob in the stories... Guess wrong and you melt your ice cream." https://buff.ly/3Q8pSd9
Gracie's Ice Cream: "I put a poll about this cursed knob in the stories... Guess wrong and you melt your ice cream." https://buff.ly/3Q8pSd9
Great analysis from Gergely on tech compensation. All the way at the end is this gem of a perspective on how to think about monetary compensation as a component of a larger context.
Senior-and-Above Compensation in Tech
https://buff.ly/43rz3dT
Senior-and-Above Compensation in Tech
https://buff.ly/43rz3dT
January 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Great analysis from Gergely on tech compensation. All the way at the end is this gem of a perspective on how to think about monetary compensation as a component of a larger context.
Senior-and-Above Compensation in Tech
https://buff.ly/43rz3dT
Senior-and-Above Compensation in Tech
https://buff.ly/43rz3dT
You don’t need more time; you need more focus.
Fewer projects. Fewer commitments. Fewer obligations. Fewer responsibilities.
Carefully choose your commitments, then go all in.
https://buff.ly/3Ul7AZ2
Fewer projects. Fewer commitments. Fewer obligations. Fewer responsibilities.
Carefully choose your commitments, then go all in.
https://buff.ly/3Ul7AZ2
January 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
You don’t need more time; you need more focus.
Fewer projects. Fewer commitments. Fewer obligations. Fewer responsibilities.
Carefully choose your commitments, then go all in.
https://buff.ly/3Ul7AZ2
Fewer projects. Fewer commitments. Fewer obligations. Fewer responsibilities.
Carefully choose your commitments, then go all in.
https://buff.ly/3Ul7AZ2
Collaboration is human collision, & unsurprisingly, causes friction.
a leader’s task is to increase intellectual friction & decrease social friction. High intellectual friction lets your team harness creative abrasion & constructive dissent to innovate. https://buff.ly/3ujWSXt.
a leader’s task is to increase intellectual friction & decrease social friction. High intellectual friction lets your team harness creative abrasion & constructive dissent to innovate. https://buff.ly/3ujWSXt.
January 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Collaboration is human collision, & unsurprisingly, causes friction.
a leader’s task is to increase intellectual friction & decrease social friction. High intellectual friction lets your team harness creative abrasion & constructive dissent to innovate. https://buff.ly/3ujWSXt.
a leader’s task is to increase intellectual friction & decrease social friction. High intellectual friction lets your team harness creative abrasion & constructive dissent to innovate. https://buff.ly/3ujWSXt.
"Times of crisis, of disruption or constructive change, are not only predictable but desirable. They mean growth."
- Gail Sheehy, Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life
https://buff.ly/3rVyhaL
- Gail Sheehy, Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life
https://buff.ly/3rVyhaL
January 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"Times of crisis, of disruption or constructive change, are not only predictable but desirable. They mean growth."
- Gail Sheehy, Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life
https://buff.ly/3rVyhaL
- Gail Sheehy, Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life
https://buff.ly/3rVyhaL
I think that perhaps the best illustration of "people don't care about your solution, they only care about their problem" comes from desire paths. https://buff.ly/46Lcd1l
January 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I think that perhaps the best illustration of "people don't care about your solution, they only care about their problem" comes from desire paths. https://buff.ly/46Lcd1l
The games have begun, and some people are exploring the rules: https://buff.ly/44YlHpH
January 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The games have begun, and some people are exploring the rules: https://buff.ly/44YlHpH
This was a great podcast & helped me better understand the current risks with AI (it's not Skynet, that happened back in 1997). Spoiler: you're going to get a lot more spam.
https://buff.ly/43vVuwR Humanity, Security & AI, Oh My! (w/ @ianbremmer & Shuman Ghosemajumder)
https://buff.ly/43vVuwR Humanity, Security & AI, Oh My! (w/ @ianbremmer & Shuman Ghosemajumder)
January 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
This was a great podcast & helped me better understand the current risks with AI (it's not Skynet, that happened back in 1997). Spoiler: you're going to get a lot more spam.
https://buff.ly/43vVuwR Humanity, Security & AI, Oh My! (w/ @ianbremmer & Shuman Ghosemajumder)
https://buff.ly/43vVuwR Humanity, Security & AI, Oh My! (w/ @ianbremmer & Shuman Ghosemajumder)
January 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Maybe it's not AI alone we need to be worried about. The real threat could be Birds + AI.
“They are using the material that we made to keep them away, to make a nest to make more birds,” the biologist said.
https://buff.ly/44unDFQ
“They are using the material that we made to keep them away, to make a nest to make more birds,” the biologist said.
https://buff.ly/44unDFQ
January 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Maybe it's not AI alone we need to be worried about. The real threat could be Birds + AI.
“They are using the material that we made to keep them away, to make a nest to make more birds,” the biologist said.
https://buff.ly/44unDFQ
“They are using the material that we made to keep them away, to make a nest to make more birds,” the biologist said.
https://buff.ly/44unDFQ
This is our new reality and we all need to learn to navigate it.
"Online gig workers may be at the forefront of generative AI adoption & displacement, but there are clear signs that AI is also quickly coming for more traditional outsourcing industry." https://buff.ly/3rnyW46 #ai
"Online gig workers may be at the forefront of generative AI adoption & displacement, but there are clear signs that AI is also quickly coming for more traditional outsourcing industry." https://buff.ly/3rnyW46 #ai
January 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This is our new reality and we all need to learn to navigate it.
"Online gig workers may be at the forefront of generative AI adoption & displacement, but there are clear signs that AI is also quickly coming for more traditional outsourcing industry." https://buff.ly/3rnyW46 #ai
"Online gig workers may be at the forefront of generative AI adoption & displacement, but there are clear signs that AI is also quickly coming for more traditional outsourcing industry." https://buff.ly/3rnyW46 #ai
"Success in knowledge isn’t about the facts we know, but by how good we are at judging the truth of uncertain things."
https://buff.ly/3m0QnES
https://buff.ly/3m0QnES
January 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"Success in knowledge isn’t about the facts we know, but by how good we are at judging the truth of uncertain things."
https://buff.ly/3m0QnES
https://buff.ly/3m0QnES
"The purpose of positioning is to make prediction unnecessary. You are prepared, or you are not... When the storm comes, it won’t give you a warning."
https://buff.ly/46tkg3r
https://buff.ly/46tkg3r
January 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
"The purpose of positioning is to make prediction unnecessary. You are prepared, or you are not... When the storm comes, it won’t give you a warning."
https://buff.ly/46tkg3r
https://buff.ly/46tkg3r
Sometimes, innovation comes not from necessity, but curiosity about small things.
Nik Ramage › Jelly Wobbler https://buff.ly/3XIzDRJ
Nik Ramage › Jelly Wobbler https://buff.ly/3XIzDRJ
January 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Sometimes, innovation comes not from necessity, but curiosity about small things.
Nik Ramage › Jelly Wobbler https://buff.ly/3XIzDRJ
Nik Ramage › Jelly Wobbler https://buff.ly/3XIzDRJ
I believe that the most effective leaders create the environments in which the outcomes they are looking for are inevitable rather than managing work directly.
"good managers usually frame their work as being most on structures, not directly on people."
https://buff.ly/3xDQABz
"good managers usually frame their work as being most on structures, not directly on people."
https://buff.ly/3xDQABz
January 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I believe that the most effective leaders create the environments in which the outcomes they are looking for are inevitable rather than managing work directly.
"good managers usually frame their work as being most on structures, not directly on people."
https://buff.ly/3xDQABz
"good managers usually frame their work as being most on structures, not directly on people."
https://buff.ly/3xDQABz