Johanna Rothman
Expert in managing product development. Writer, speaker, consultant. 20 books and counting. (Fiction, also) See https://www.jrothman.com for everything.
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- A new study from Anthropic finds that gains in coding efficiency when relying on AI assistance did did not meet statistical significance; AI use noticeably degraded programmers’ understanding of what they were doing. Incredible.
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- The populace to the government every time there’s yet another new study saying that UBI works
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- "Many managers think they empower their teams to solve problems autonomously. Unfortunately, that autonomy only lasts when managers feel relaxed enough to “allow” that autonomy. When managers feel too much pressure, that autonomy vanishes." by @jrothman.com www.jrothman.com/newsletter/2...
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View full threadI can't tell, either, but I somehow got many more followers yesterday. 😍
- Well, if I were in control, you would have gotten more. Alas, I am not. Either way, I would rather blame your work for the followers, not anyone else ;)
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- One week left. If this is on your list, don’t let it slide. #OneWeekLeft #kickstarterbooks #amwriting #IndieAuthor www.kickstarter.com/projects/sto...
- This blog post ended up being a lot longer than I'd planned. A response to all the folks I see talking about "precise" specifications in their LLM-based coding, as well as the folks who mistake LLMs for compilers. And the folks who think precision = BDUF. codemanship.wordpress.com/2026/01/15/y...
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- If you want some Quiet Stories on strategy, research, and delivery with a leadership focus then you should subscribe to our newsletter quietstars.com/newsletter/ :) (last issue: Your Chatbot Is Not Your KM System, Before You Cite That Study, AI Notetaker Risks & more > mailchi.mp/7dde6332c467...)
- Beware of book promotion scams targeting authors #bookmarketingscam #writingcommunity #authors #fiction #author #writing #amwriting #amediting #writer #booksky #writerslife #indieauthor #shortstory writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/...
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- Every week, Dean Wesley Smith points out Kickstarters for #readers & #writers. He has 3 campaigns this week for backing/studying, one from @jrothman.com Take a look! #booksky #books deanwesleysmith.com/kickstarter-...
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- and we are LIVE!!!!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...
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- Here's a deal for you: My book, Software Estimation Without Guessing - Effective Planning in an Imperfect World 40% off with code INSIGHT at checkout. pragprog.com/titles/gdest...
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- Pause. Reflect. Imagine what’s next. Use New Year's code INSIGHT to save 40% pragprog.com
- One of the highlights of 2025 for me? Someone saying “this was a really good read! i especially like the chaotic layout of the book 😂” about my Technical Decisions chapbook Because so true, but also… so not AI in its human quirks 😅 ruthmalan.com/Leadership/2...
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- And since its the season for goal setting and planning, for consideration (and steep New Year discounts): Technical Leadership Workshop: March 24 and 31: ti.to/bredemeyer/t... System Design and Software Architecture Workshop: May 4-6 and May 11-13: ti.to/bredemeyer/s...
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- TIL: Before Hans Asperger or Leo Kanner, a Jewish-Ukrainian psychiatrist named Grunya Sukhareva defined autism in 1925. Both men did not cite her work. She also had documented how it affected women and girls, where the men did not. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grunya_...
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- My favorite advice for blogging remains that you should hit publish while you are still actively unhappy with what you have written, because the only alternative is a huge folder full of drafts and never publishing anything at all
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- An excellent description of what it costs to *keep* code, not delete it, especially when you use/need tokens for further development. I could say the same about management rules/bureaucracy. Thanks for the words I needed, @chadfowler.com.
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- And we're back. Again! Happy Holiday Trek 2025. 🎄🖖🏻🎄 #HolidayCombs www.youtube.com/watch?v=26H_...
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- We’ve nudged the launch back one week—on purpose. If you’re planning to peek at Once and Future Hearts, hitting Notify Me On Launch helps the campaign reach more readers. 👉 www.kickstarter.com/projects/sto...
