Artificial Intelligence

  • Spec-Driven Agentic Software Engineering Is Not Vibe Coding. Here Is the Difference.

    Spec-Driven Agentic Software Engineering Is Not Vibe Coding. Here Is the Difference.

    Most teams using AI coding agents are not doing agentic software engineering. They are doing expensive prompt guessing at scale. There is a difference, and it matters more than the tool you picked. The tooling conversation has been loud. Claude Code from Anthropic. ChatGPT Codex from OpenAI. GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf. A new agent lands…

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  • Your AI is not your colleague. Stop treating it like one.

    Your AI is not your colleague. Stop treating it like one.

    This article is about the alternative. Not the safe, boring alternative. The rigorous one. The approach that makes AI dramatically more useful precisely because it treats AI as the powerful but institutionally clueless tool that it is. Vibe coding works. Until it doesn’t. Vibe coding is not stupidity. It works well for a wide range…

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  • The Timeline Paradox: Decoupling Industrial IoT Data from Physical Assets

    The Timeline Paradox: Decoupling Industrial IoT Data from Physical Assets

    How modular data architecture and open standards put asset owners back in control There is a structural issue in the market for data-driven asset management that is rarely stated explicitly: the supplier of your asset also wants to become the supplier of your data. That may be understandable from the supplier’s business model. But it…

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  • How AI Makes Ignorance Sound Intelligent (And How to Spot It)

    How AI Makes Ignorance Sound Intelligent (And How to Spot It)

    There is a Latin-derived word for the habit of giving opinions beyond your competence: ultracrepidarianism. It refers to the shoemaker who critiques a painter about his technique. Similarly, the dinner-party guest who corrects the surgeon about a medical procedure, and the co-worker who has read one article and is now a marketing expert. “The confident…

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  • Smart Grid Strategy: Turn Energy Data Into Decisions

    Smart Grid Strategy: Turn Energy Data Into Decisions

    You’ve got the tech. But do you have the tactics? Across Europe and beyond, organizations are investing heavily in smart grid infrastructure—smart meters, IoT sensors, digital substations, and AI-powered analytics. The promise? Real-time insights, predictive maintenance, and optimized energy flows. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: Many smart grids are just data collectors. Not decision-makers. The…

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  • Who is responsible when Artificial Intelligence fails?

    Who is responsible when Artificial Intelligence fails?

    I am a heavy user of artificial intelligence (AI) systems. I often do not realize I am using them and, like most of us, never think about the things that can go wrong. All day long we use Siri as our voice-controlled personal assistant. We rely on systems like Waze for navigation, which not only…

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