Jeffrey Fredrick
@Jtf
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Father, husband, developer, executive coach, active dreamer Co-author of the book Agile Conversations: Transform Your Conversations, Transform Your Culture
Joined July 2007
It’s okay to be confused about Vibe Coding! On this week's episode of Troubleshooting Agile, @jtf and @douglassquirrel respond to a listener’s argument from our series with @RealGeneKim on Vibe Coding. Link in the reply.
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I could probably republish this page every month and it would do some people good.
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Heard of the Glidepath Method? This week @douglassquirrel and @Jtf talk about how the method of landing a plane can be useful in effective project management. Navigate uncertainty and complexity in your projects - no plane landing experience necessary! Link in the reply.
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Movie logic and montages distort real-life problem-solving and team dynamics. This week @jtf and @douglassquirrel start from a post by @catehall on movies relying on artificial drama to create tension and end up discussing the UK cycling team's success. (link in reply)
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I graduated with high honors from an affluent, acclaimed high school and then again with high honors with a BA in philosophy & pre-law before EVER once hearing the idea that prices convey information and coordinate actors. I'll never forget rolling up to a philosophy conference
Really interesting piece on how University of Chicago professors helped a national network of food banks get surplus food much more efficiently to where it's needed, by creating an internal auction market.
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@jtf and I discuss the challenges and rewards of learning and focus on three key types of learning - knowledge, methods and skills. Find out how these elements interact, and what it’s got to do with driving in Alabama! https://t.co/ZtiPphqfTw
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In the final part of our trilogy, spurred on by Ed Bradon’s article, @jtf and I look at examples of systems thinking implemented in both small and large government projects, highlighting successes like the UK's automatic enrolment in pensions. https://t.co/QPIo8qdDFO
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In this thread: an LLM (and, critically for the time being, a PMC advocate for a patient) knock ~$150k off a medical bill by a) looking at it b) asking questions and c) not taking the first offer. https://t.co/2nwtonMp5r
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My brother in law died in June. Heart attack. Four hours in the hospital and gone. And then the bills came. He’d let his insurance lapse two months prior. Bills were a few thousand here for the...
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@Jtf @fingalpimpernel @s8mb @TShootingAgile Yes this is directionally right (but I would still start with Gall's book! Would be interested to know what you think of it). There’s a philosophical / empirical disagreement beyond the question of execution quality. Just a first obvious distinction: my target is not all study
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My next article in the #100DaysOfAI journey is about how I am experimenting with using AI to be a productivity coach, accountability partner, mentor, and more! Obsidian + Claude Code is Beyond Useful - It's Transformative
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This is your periodic reminder: I have a podcast, it’s called Complex Systems, it is available from a variety of platforms, and including a link or specific identification of how one finds a podcast can result in getting yeeted into the shadow realm.
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I'm joined on Complex Systems this week by Oliver Habryka, whose non-profit runs LessWrong and also a conference venue. We had a fun conversation about the rationalist community (not a member, but I read from many communities I'm not a member of), Internet forums as the
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PSA that shouldn't need to be said: If you're explaining something with a toy model, something from 101, whatever, that does not mean you neglect the complexities of life beyond that model. Obviously life is more complex than 101 models, but they're valuable. Krugman:
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Krugman's emphasis on simple models and checking the obvious consequences of theories is part of what made him such a good public educator.
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Works in Progress is now available as a print magazine. I think it's the most beautiful and readable magazine I've ever seen. Subscribe today for $100/£75 to receive six beautiful, 120-page issues a year. https://t.co/sCOVnY1mf1
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Our first launch party will be in San Francisco next weekend. Subscribe now to join us, and we will have copies there. New York and London launches will be in November. Subscribers will be invited to all three parties - if you make it to all three you’ll get a little badge.
Works in Progress is now available as a print magazine. I think it's the most beautiful and readable magazine I've ever seen. Subscribe today for $100/£75 to receive six beautiful, 120-page issues a year. https://t.co/sCOVnY1mf1
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@s8mb This really reads like a bad faith representation of system dynamics / complexity science which focuses heavily on emergent system behaviours and the fact that any intervention in complex systems will have unintended consequences (but at least tries to help anticipate some).
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@s8mb You have no clue what ‘systems thinking’ is if you claim it treats institutions as ‘static’ or that systems don’t fight back. Maybe do some basic reading to prevent yourself from looking like an idiot.
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