Coding matters: Better than ping-pong tables
Jacqui Coosner
2025-07-11
Does your company have a Chief Happiness Officer? If it (does or) doesn’t, here are two strategies.
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Coding matters: 404 Facts Not Found
Jacqui Coosner
2025-07-04
If you are a lawyer, not checking your AI-generated document can lead to serious consequences. But what about the software development industry?
Coding matters: The slopocalypse
Jacqui Coosner
2025-06-27
Like spam, the rise of AI slop is annoying. But as AI gets better, AI videos have more serious consequences.
Coding matters: Dumb and dumber
Jacqui Coosner
2025-06-20
Are we getting dumber? The combination of AI and social media is not good for our brains.
Coding matters: Wear a helmet
Jacqui Coosner
2025-06-13
I had no idea what to write about this week. My brain felt empty, but also overloaded. I wanted the equivalent of an electric blanket for my brain, to feel warm and snuggly.
Coding matters: How to be misunderstood
Jacqui Coosner
2025-06-06
The next time you have a system problem, you can try some of these explanations. They will ensure you are not understood.
Coding matters: Your cellphone overlord
Jacqui Coosner
2025-05-30
Some of us believe we are the masters of our cell phones. But who (or what) is really in charge?
Coding matters: A dirty secret
Jacqui Coosner
2025-05-23
For the sake of your developers and our economy, stop buying online courses and invest in local instructor-led training.
Coding matters: I can’t CAPTCHA
Jacqui Coosner
2025-05-16
We all hate CAPTCHAs on sites. Those squiggly characters and photos of traffic lights. Robots can now solve them better than we can, so what’s the point? And how do we know who is human and who is robot?
Coding matters: Predictions, kittens and robots
Jacqui Coosner
2025-05-09
I made 3 predictions about the SARS system and I got all 3 right. But I still need a solution. Maybe a robot kitten will make me feel better?