Thoughts, experiments, and lessons learned.
There is an old vampire myth: they cannot enter your home unless you invite them in. In January 2026, millions of developers have officially opened the door... We have moved from a 'letterbox' relationship—where AI was a consultant in a clean room—to a world where we give it the keys to the terminal. The velocity is intoxicating, but the 'blast radius' of a mistake has never been larger.
The AI hype is real, but so is the failure rate. If you want to be part of the 6% of companies actually seeing returns, you need to stop chasing the magic and start fixing the mechanics. Here is the strategy guide.
To be completely honest with you, learning new things - no matter how much you want to - is hard!
Howdy strangers, I haven't written anything in a while. promise I am still here but I have been learning loads and doing a ton of work on the site itself! Currently just testing the automated blog notification - so if you got this - great! - it works....if not, well not so great. So maybe let this serve as a notice that we are back in business (though we never left)
Today I had the privilege of addressing the IT Society of the University of the Western Cape on a topic that matters to every single one of us: how to position yourself in the coming AI age.
I never knew how to code. I mean, I learned basic HTML in high school and could probably whip up a clunky-looking website. It would work, but it wouldn’t be pretty. Back then, I just didn't have the desire—or the attention span—to dive any deeper.