Joon Cheong

AI software dev / R&D / SaaS startup / satellite builder / ex-academic

[Joon Cheong @cjwayn]

That is the kind of interesting and impactful work I am most excited to keep innovating on.

#AISoftwareEngineering #EngineeringLeadership #ClaudeCode

[Joon Cheong @cjwayn]

Today marks 14 years since I was awarded my PhD in Engineering.

The PhD and postdoc journey trained me to do something I still rely on every day: understand the current state of a field deeply, identify where the real constraints are, and build the intuition to innovate

[Joon Cheong @cjwayn]

While development speed has gone up, the actual software delivery throughput has not gone up by the same magnitude. Whilst coding and PoCs have gone 10x faster, the next challenge of software engineering will be in the human-software processes that slows it down to near-zero

[Joon Cheong @cjwayn]

That same mindset now guides my work in AI-powered software engineering.

AI is changing how software is designed, built, and operated. But in large organisations, the necessary change is even greater.

[Joon Cheong @cjwayn]

US jobs data scares the pants off financial markets, and US president Donald Trump responds by – checks notes – sacking the head of the Bureau of Labour Statistics, claiming the data was rigged to make the White House look bad.

- AFR

You just can't make this sh*t up

[Joon Cheong @cjwayn]

It is insane that government policies such as the age pension scheme (or amy other schemes) still have these fixed thresholds that do not index alongside housing inflation or inflation in general. It is time to move on.

https://t.co/Ghgk8wmMMz

[Fireship @fireship_dev]

Coincidentally, this is exactly how I explain legacy code to kids

[Joon Cheong @cjwayn]

@ShaanVP That's an amazing write up! I'm getting goosebumps reading this

[Joon Cheong @cjwayn]

@nico_jeannen @acquiredotcom Can you share the startup directories you used?

[Joon Cheong @cjwayn]

@asanwal Any chance that this will come to Australia?

[Joon Cheong @cjwayn]

@levelsio @levelsio what would your strategy be in 2024 to look for a good startup idea?

[Joon Cheong @cjwayn]

@levelsio But AI has unlocked tremendous opportunity to people who wants to upskill and learn. Hence one can also argue AI can deliver a more equitable and tailored system of education. It is then up to the education system to leverage AI or be beaten by it.

[Joon Cheong @cjwayn]

@sama Give an example of a strange outcome?

[Joon Cheong @cjwayn]

@Jason In a capital abundant and truly meritocratic and transparent environment, that may be true, but in a capital constrained and opaque environment, the builders are just exploited; and the gatekeepers / who knows who are the ultimate winners.

[Joon Cheong @cjwayn]

The grid sometimes gets and oversupply of electricity and the live prices can go down to near $0. AGL, EnergyAustralia, etc your retailer won't pass these discounts on to you. Mine does. Check this link out.

https://t.co/cGdqZqmQRR

[Joon Cheong @cjwayn]

@MikeK_LA @cloudprism_ @paulg Crypto

[Joon Cheong @cjwayn]

Sad but true..

https://t.co/AspQbVzy1G

[Joon Cheong @cjwayn]

NGTF and DIH now rebranded as ASCA.

Haven't we seen this before? If the incentive structure don't change. The industry players don't change. The outcome will be the same. True innovation cannot be achieved by half hearted corporate rebranding exercises

https://t.co/TAc6rFpFhl

[Yann LeCun @ylecun]

Calm down.
Human-level AI isn't here yet.
And when it comes, it will not want to dominate humanity.
Even among humans, it is not the smartest who want to dominate others and be the chief.
We have countless examples on the international political scene.
https://t.co/Eb6NiaRfzd

[Joon Cheong @cjwayn]

@iamharaldur Well said. But anything that's owned by the government grows and evolves too slowly and may be even regress.