Chad Wathington

Christian, Tech Zealot, Gadget lover, Product Leader by trade, Husband, Attachment Parenter, ex-@thoughtworks. #freepalestine

[Chad Wathington @twchad]

The biggest impediment to racial justice is this country is the denial of systemic and structural racism by a large portion of whites. Before Ferguson, it was somehow acceptable to say, “I don’t believe systemic or structural racism exists, yet I am not a racist.” 1/

[Chad Wathington @twchad]

@gsmiznith @zats Crazy sauce. Wow.

[Chad Wathington @twchad]

@gsmiznith @MartinShkreli @AnthropicAI Yeah, I’ve learned to use cursor + claude for very atomic level actions as a result. Too many “huh?” type moments.

[Martin Fowler @martinfowler]

Latest Thoughtworks Technology Radar is out - our regular survey of technologies that capture our attention in our client work. We found lots of AI-adjacent tools to be useful, but also that coding assistants often lead to problems

https://t.co/7NRkjvT9zg

[Martin Fowler @martinfowler]

FINAL §

Alessio, Tom, and Shodhan complete their article on what they have learned from using GenAI with legacy systems. GenAI helps them build a capability map, identifies dead code, and has promise for better translations between platforms.

https://t.co/F5e73Rposr

[Thoughtworks @thoughtworks]

📚 New book alert! 🔥

💡 Discover the fascinating fusion of humanity and data from Thoughtworks’ Data Strategy and Governance Lead, @happyskykai, in his groundbreaking new book, 'Humanizing Data Strategy': https://t.co/D1qgsKLhI4

[Thoughtworks @thoughtworks]

"Every interesting problem starts with 'it depends.'" Our Chief Scientist @martinfowler explains how to make better decisions about technology 🔽

Read the 30th volume of the Radar here: https://t.co/w0oiUNNdnz

#TWTechRadar #TechTrends #TechReport

[Chad Wathington @twchad]

@MKBHD @watchUFAtv Can you have some of your team do content in your absence? Think they're great on waveform...

[Martin Fowler @martinfowler]

My thoughts are with my colleagues (and others) in southern Brazil who have been hit with devastating floods

https://t.co/8R0Imry1Oh

[Thoughtworks @thoughtworks]

It's here!

The 30th edition of Thoughtworks Technology Radar is live!

15 years, 30 editions – thanks for being part of the journey.

Read now: https://t.co/57uuGH4yRk

[Martin Fowler @martinfowler]

John Kordyback, a treasured colleague and friend, died last week, aged 64

https://t.co/zCch0BCHum

[Martin Fowler @martinfowler]

NEW §

Abi Noda and Tim Cochran explain that it's valuable to capture both attitudinal and behavioral qualitative metrics. These allow us to measure the otherwise unmeasurable, providing missing visibility and necessary context for quantitative data.

https://t.co/0Lf64sJl7p

[Thoughtworks @thoughtworks]

💖 We’re thrilled to announce that Bahmni, the open source hospital information system we’ve nurtured for over a decade at Thoughtworks, won ‘Best Open Source Creation’ at the #UNDP Future of Government Awards.

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

@UNDP @AWS #SocialChange

[Martin Fowler @martinfowler]

I wrote a few words to mark the publication of @unmeshjoshi's excellent book after a fruitful four-year journey

https://t.co/aMFLuE1X82

[Thoughtworks @thoughtworks]

When it comes to #GenAI, generating ideas is not the difficult bit but choosing the right idea that will create real business value, shared @mikemasonca, our Chief AI Officer.

Watch the full interview with @EdLudlow on Bloomberg @technology https://t.co/iXnaj6Whbu

[Chad Wathington @twchad]

@OpenAI. I’m an early Dall-E 2 user. (I have credits that are useless). Early ChatGPT user and a Plus customer. Yet, I always get new features last. What gives? Do you switch up the cohorts? Why should I pay to get things last consistently? #OpenAIDevDay

[BBC News Africa @BBCAfrica]

The UN says nearly seven million people are now internally displaced within the Democratic Republic of Congo due to escalating violence.
According to the UN, the DRC is facing one of the world's biggest displacement and humanitarian crises. https://t.co/kvR4jg7itm

[Chad Wathington @twchad]

@NateSilver538 Second order effects. He’s lost the grass roots organizers, particularly in the black community. You heard it here first: If he stays until the general, on Election Day, Democratic field operations will stink and journalists will waste a lot of words wondering why.

[Martin Fowler @martinfowler]

Volume 29 of the Thoughtworks Technology Radar is out today - the latest installment of our regular sweep of what's interesting in our day-to-day software delivery

https://t.co/7NRkjvT9zg

[Martin Fowler @martinfowler]

How is code generation with GenAI different from more "traditional" code generators? The newest memo in Birgitta Böckeler's explorations of GenAI talks about abstraction levels in software engineering, and on which levels GenAI sits

https://t.co/UF1lFxL9je