Ian Bond

Financial Technologist. Part development manager, part architect, part developer, part...

[Zara Zhang @zarazhangrui]

If you've adopted AI at your company but haven't seen any tangible results, read this 1990 article: "The Dynamo and the Computer" by Paul David.

When electricity first arrived, factories that "adopted" it barely got faster. They just swapped the steam engine for an electric one and ran everything else exactly as before: same machine layout, same workflow, same management. Electricity in, no real gains out.

The most common mistake with any new technology is to drop it into the old organization and then declare the transformation done.

The real leap came decades later, when each machine got its own small motor. Suddenly machines no longer had to be lined up around one central drive shaft. They could be rearranged around the actual flow of work.

The productivity gains didn't come from electricity. They came from REDESIGNING THE ENTIRE FACTORY around it.

AI is the same. Bolting it onto your existing process gets you a faster steam engine. The payoff comes when you redesign the work itself.

(link to paper in comments)

[Sergey Nazarov @sergeynazarovx]

We used to go to a special website, ask strangers for help with programming, and get humiliated in return

[Peter Wildeford🇺🇸🚀 @peterwildeford]

PALO ALTO NETWORKS on MYTHOS: "In our testing, three weeks of model-assisted analysis matched a full year of manual penetration testing, with broader coverage."

[Trung Phan @TrungTPhan]

NASA ran a study on a potential trip to Mars and found the most important trait for team dynamics was humor

[Ian Bond @ianbond]

These advancements will save enterprises, many, many hours, not just in the development but in the administration of vulnerabilities management.

[Claude @claudeai]

Introducing Claude Code Security, now in limited research preview.

It scans codebases for vulnerabilities and suggests targeted software patches for human review, allowing teams to find and fix issues that traditional tools often miss.

Learn more: https://t.co/n4SZ9EIklG

[Jay Kreps @jaykreps]

We’re all product managers now.

[Rod Johnson @springrod]

I've never understood the absolutism on this subject. I have worked on many applications where ORM avoided a ton of error-prone boilerplate, with excellent performance.

I also like SQL & think there's a place for stored procedures.

ORM is not a magic bullet. But it has a place

[Ian Bond @ianbond]

A nice @KevlinHenney at Madrid Airport @aena

[Ian Bond @ianbond]

Great lesson that age is no barrier to achievement if you are dedicated and focused on a goal. Amazing achievement by Mark Cavendish. https://t.co/4eJOkZpXqa

[Ian Bond @ianbond]

So often forgotten/not realised when talking about productivity.

[Ian Bond @ianbond]

Visited a WeWork on Friday for the first time in ages. Free beer and barista on tap were still evident, but seemed jarring with the general decline, the documentary featuring Adam Neumanns strangeness & US bankruptcy a just few days before.

[Ian Bond @ianbond]

@virginmedia - there has been an issue with broadband in the KT3 area today, I’ve called but no way to report it. Help please!

[Joanna Taylor @JoannaRTaylor]

Who was Prime Minister when King Charles III ascended to the throne is going to be a really hard pub quiz question in about 20 years

[Ian Bond @ianbond]

OK, so I'm running the London Marathon (my first ever marathon) for the Red Cross and especially for their help in the Ukraine.

If you can, please consider sponsoring me - Thanks !
https://t.co/GGMHvQbyXr

[Ian Bond @ianbond]

@russmiles Would be super happy to do a gym session or run with you, happy to travel.

[MertonMusic @mertonmusic]

🗣 If your child sings or plays an instrument & would like to experience the magic of performing in/with an orchestra, book a place at our workshop this Saturday (26 Mar). All abilities welcome.
https://t.co/FnTNrbBtnC

#SouthWimbledon #SW19 #Merton #CanDoMusic

[Ian Bond @ianbond]

@russmiles @NHSuk All the best tomorrow.

[Ian Bond @ianbond]

Day 2 of trying to listen to a podcast or read a blog post a day and write up some musings: Will AI take over development? https://t.co/MDL9LWZayu

[Ian Bond @ianbond]

Trying to motivate my learning with a kind of Strava equivalent for learning, one podcast and/or one blog post to listen/read a day and push quick thoughts to Substack - first up - Reading and Podcasts https://t.co/oMFK7LY2Zv

[Ian Bond @ianbond]

@russmiles Sorry to hear this Russ. Fingers crossed it’s quickly rearranged.