Hardcore Software by Steven Sinofsky

Hardcore Software by Steven Sinofsky

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225. Systems Ideas that Sound Good But Almost Never Work—"Let's just…"
Some engineering patterns that sound good but almost never work as intended
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222. Automating Processes with Software is HARD
We have decades of experience trying to automate processes. My biggest lesson is that automation is not about the easy and known flow, but about…
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012. I Shipped, Therefore I Am
“Who are you and why are you here?” –Dave Cutler (DaveC)
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215. Building Under Regulation
An essay on the EU Digital Markets Act and Apple’s Update on apps distributed in the European Union (and some personal history)
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228. DeepSeek Has Been Inevitable and Here's Why (History Tells Us)
DeepSeek was certain to happen. The only unknown was who was going to do it. The choices were a startup or someone outside the current center of US AI…
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230. MCP - It's Hot, But Will It Win?
There's a long history of "middleware" in our industry. Everyone wants it. There's always a hot one, but it rarely makes to the finish line and often…
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001. Becoming a Microsoftie [Ch. I]
"Steven, Bill Gates called. Call him back."
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216. United States v. Apple (Complaint)
March 21, 2024 the United States filed an antitrust complaint against Apple. The filing is a new approach to antitrust and hinges on mostly how Apple…
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233. "The Illusion of Thinking" — Thoughts on This Important Paper
This is a fantastic paper. I just love it. tl;dr AI is not human. Anthropomorphization has been bad for AI, LLMs, and Chat. Clippy walked so today's AI…
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208. Ultimate Guide to Platforms
Patterns and Practices in the Creation, Rise, and Fall of Platforms
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211. Regulating AI by Executive Order is the Real AI Risk
The President’s Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence is a premature and pessimistic political solution to unknown technical problems and a clear…
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200. Writing (Serializing) a Book on Substack
Substack is a new and improved way to write and distribute a book, communicate, and build a community while doing so.
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