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Ludicity

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"While I'm deeply sympathetic, the author should be discussing their issues with a therapist rather than spreading this on the internet." I am now the CEO at a very special data consultancy, Hermit Tech. If you are in management but have retained your soul, value the humanities, enjoy reading and so

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63 from 27 Feb 2023 to 18 Jul 2026
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2026 2

  1. AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decision-Making
  2. The Worlds Left To Conquer

2025 7

  1. Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals (2025)
  2. I Am Out Of Data Hell
  3. Contra Ptacek's Terrible Article On AI
  4. The Narrative Fallacy
  5. Get Weird And Disappear
  6. Ludic's Guide To Getting Software Engineering Jobs
  7. Brainwash An Executive Today!

2024 26

  1. Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals (2024)
  2. Why I Will Always Be Angry About Software Engineering
  3. Get Me Out Of Data Hell
  4. Tossed Salads And Scrumbled Eggs
  5. Quitting My Job For The Way Of Pain
  6. Kneel Before The Emperor Of Mecatol Rex
  7. My Glorious Ascension To Thought Leadership
  8. On Burnout, Mental Health, And Not Being Okay
  9. Synergy Greg
  10. I Will Fucking Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again
  11. The Complex Problem Of Lying For Jobs
  12. Reflecting On Years Of Runescape
  13. 30
  14. Breaking My University's Machine Learning Competition
  15. Most Tech Jobs Are Jokes And I Am Not Laughing
  16. What Precious Things Does The Corporate World Steal From Us?
  17. Does A Software Engineer Have Scorpion Nature?
  18. The Controlled Detonation Of My Anonymity
  19. The Violence Of Relentless Positivity In The Workplace
  20. Leadership Is A Hell Of A Drug
  21. Flexible Schemas Are The Mindkiller
  22. On Authenticity And What's Worth Doing
  23. You Must Read At Least One Book To Ride
  24. Fury Driven Development
  25. My Company Has Earned Its First Paycheck
  26. The Brotherhood of Morons

2023 28

  1. Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals (2023)
  2. Performing Technical Responsibility
  3. Tech Management Has Bestowed Glory Upon Me
  4. Praise The Machine Spirit
  5. The Failed Commodification Of Technical Work
  6. Registering My Hypotheses On Starting A Business
  7. Reflections On Reader Correspondence
  8. PowerBI Is A Human Rights Violation
  9. Strategy Doesn't Matter If You Blunder Every Move
  10. My Wild Experience Interviewing with Real Engineers
  11. What The Goddamn Hell Is Going On In The Tech Industry?
  12. I Accidentally Saved Half A Million Dollars
  13. The Empty Hall Of Smiling Assassins
  14. All My Favourite Reading
  15. Responding To Primeagen And Also Society I Guess
  16. I Will Fucking Haymaker You If You Mention Agile Again
  17. I Am Filled With Livid Animals
  18. Take Care Of Yourself And Touch Grass
  19. Your Organization Probably Doesn't Want To Improve Things
  20. Reverence for the Craft, Business, and Your Immortal Soul
  21. 29
  22. Skin Me Alive
  23. Overconfidence, and Executives as Personality Defect
  24. I Killed Superman
  25. Obviously Wrong
  26. The Corporate Facade Is More Complicated Than I Thought
  27. I Will Fucking Dropkick You If You Use That Spreadsheet
  28. Most Data Work Seems Fundamentally Worthless