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AI Development and the Rise of Requirements Engineering
The speed at which code can now be generated means that ambiguity in requirements becomes dramatically more expensive. A human developer can often fill in missing context or infer intent from incomplete requirements. AI generally cannot — it will implement exactly what was specified, including the gaps. That shifts engineering rigor upstream.
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If EA Lived Under the Cyber Resilience Act
How Europe’s sweeping new law could redefine game development—and who gets left behind. The Quiet Revolution The European Union’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) passed quietly in early 2024. It’s long, dense, and written in a kind of bureaucratic Esperanto—half legal code, half incantation—that hides revolutions in plain sight. Behind that language sits something extraordinary: for…
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Firearm Responsibility: A Call for Societal Stewardship
Gun debates divide us. Responsibility unites us. Let’s shift the conversation from control to stewardship—and prove ourselves worthy of the rights we hold.
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Measuring What We Can’t See
Modern development work is full of invisible effort—decisions made, bugs avoided, knowledge shared—but most of that doesn’t show up in dashboards or status updates. This article explores how we can responsibly measure what traditional metrics miss, using version control data as a starting point.
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Your Meeting Isn’t Sacred: A Guide to Getting Time Back
Too many meetings waste time and accomplish little. This guide challenges the status quo and offers practical strategies to make meetings focused, efficient, and worth attending. If your calendar feels more like a cage than a tool, start here.
