Ever experienced what Simon Wardley brilliantly describes in his talk on Wardley Mapping? I've lived through it myself. My journey began with a prompt to solve a problem using a CLI tool. AI suggested a wrapper which seemed promising. A few iterations later, we added a web UI and extra features missing from the original tool. I could've stopped there, but wanting to validate the system, I asked AI to generate test code. It tried but failed to run on my end. Hours of frustration followed as I pleaded with AI to simplify either the code or tests. It refused, claiming it would be too difficult, and we ended up in a circular conversation going nowhere. Completely frustrated, I started fresh with a crucial difference. My new prompt: "I want to do XYZ in the simplest manner and also need ABC, EFG capabilities. No code yet—let's explore solutions first." The result? AI suggested existing open-source tools I could connect to my environment. My head nearly exploded! This s...
Sometimes Information Technology befuddles me and so does programming, here you will find my attempts to gain insights or fall deep in IT. Here be dragons