https://stories.upthebuzzard.com CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 An eclectic mixture of writing, ranging from a bedtime-crowd-sourced children’s detective series, via some recent happenings, to assorted surreal-ish, near-future musings, and some other stuff. Vibe-coding 'officially' means pair-programming with an LLM, but the implications for orgs are so profound that it is better thought of as Vibe-Process-Engineering. What it is not, is just devs working a bit faster. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/pretensions/2026-04-06-vibe-coding-i-dont-think-that-means-what-you-think-it-means.html https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/pretensions/2026-04-06-vibe-coding-i-dont-think-that-means-what-you-think-it-means.html Converting a public domain engraving of King Canute into ASCII art using ascii-image-converter. Braille mode at 80 columns was the sweet spot. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/experiments/2026-04-06-ascii-art-from-images.html https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/experiments/2026-04-06-ascii-art-from-images.html Claude Code was (probably) solving the most recent AdventOfCode '25 puzzles, but was (probably) remembering the solutions to the AoC '23 puzzles from its training data. The way it played out was very much like being caught in a lie. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:13:00 +0000 https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/pretensions/2025-12-17-epistemic-honesty-when-claude-code-lied.html https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/pretensions/2025-12-17-epistemic-honesty-when-claude-code-lied.html "It's always a problem when you go chasing a plumbing fix." Sun, 23 Mar 2025 12:19:00 +0000 https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/fragments/2025-03-23-sink-waste-helter-skelter.html https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/fragments/2025-03-23-sink-waste-helter-skelter.html First identify a strategically relevant portfolio of versatile product capabilities, and only then prioritise the pieces. Tue, 13 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/pretensions/2024-08-13-capability-first.html https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/pretensions/2024-08-13-capability-first.html What is a strategy, really? A simple, usable definition based on Rumelt's "Good Strategy Bad Strategy", with observations on Conway's Law, Goodhart's Law, and more. Fri, 14 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/pretensions/2024-06-14-so-you-think-you-have-a-strategy.html https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/pretensions/2024-06-14-so-you-think-you-have-a-strategy.html And with those new speakers, hifi nirvana. Suddenly all the other parts of the system can shine too. Tue, 04 Apr 2023 16:56:00 +0000 https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/hifi/2023-04-04-awkward-alcove.html https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/hifi/2023-04-04-awkward-alcove.html Firstly, on a desktop, your speakers will most likely be small, and that means very little bass. Tue, 04 Apr 2023 09:56:00 +0000 https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/hifi/2023-04-04-desktop-audio.html https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/hifi/2023-04-04-desktop-audio.html Small improvements are more apparent with headphones. You have my sympathies. Mon, 03 Apr 2023 18:13:00 +0000 https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/hifi/2023-04-03-headphones-on-the-move.html https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/hifi/2023-04-03-headphones-on-the-move.html With no adult supervision, I fell for the #1 trick in the hifi store book (listened to a slightly better item, "Only costs a bit more, but you can hear the difference"). Mon, 03 Apr 2023 17:20:00 +0000 https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/hifi/2023-04-03-cheap-hifi-journey.html https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/hifi/2023-04-03-cheap-hifi-journey.html