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The Grand Game of Software Engineering

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active: 2021-04-15 → 2026-07-15

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DR Dr Stuart Woolley · The Grand Game of Software Engineering

The Long Con Of The Corporate Timesheet

The company already wrote your hours off so the only question left is who gets to spend them.

Jun 10, 2026 · 4 min read · 266 claps paywalled #humor #corporate-culture #money

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DR Dr Stuart Woolley · The Grand Game of Software Engineering

The Circle Jerk of Thought Leadership

What happens when a real engineer brings competence to a slop contest

Jul 02, 2026 · 6 min read · 247 claps paywalled #humor #linkedin #artificial-intelligence

AI SCI

DR Dr Stuart Woolley · The Grand Game of Software Engineering

From Barnsley to Stable Diffusion

A reflection on four decades of “Find The Equation For The Image”.

May 16, 2026 · 6 min read · 238 claps paywalled #artificial-intelligence #mathematics #stable-diffusion

AI MDA

DR Dr Stuart Woolley · The Grand Game of Software Engineering

Attack Of The (Language) Model Sniffers

They came for the tokens. They stayed for the credit.

Jun 16, 2026 · 5 min read · 194 claps paywalled #humor #artificial-intelligence #software-engineering

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DR Dr Stuart Woolley · The Grand Game of Software Engineering

The Wellness Era Is Over

On the disappearance of the carrot flavoured kombucha, and the corresponding reappearance of the stick.

May 07, 2026 · 8 min read · 130 claps paywalled #humor #wellness #software-engineering

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DR Dr Stuart Woolley · The Grand Game of Software Engineering

Corporate AI Constipation

Is your company sitting on the pot, but completely unable to perform?

May 20, 2026 · 5 min read · 128 claps paywalled #humor #artificial-intelligence #management

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DR Dr Stuart Woolley · The Grand Game of Software Engineering

The Sum Of All Dark Patterns

Or, the academic vocabulary for everything LinkedIn does on purpose.

May 11, 2026 · 8 min read · 127 claps paywalled #humor #linkedin #jobs

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DR Dr Stuart Woolley · The Grand Game of Software Engineering

“Please State the Nature of the Software Emergency”

Or, building an agent before the industry knew what to call it and how much to sell it for.

May 02, 2026 · 7 min read · 119 claps paywalled #humor #artificial-intelligence #data-science

“Please State the Nature of the Software Emergency”

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DR Dr Stuart Woolley · The Grand Game of Software Engineering

Self-Pleasuring Pontification as a Go-To-Market Strategy

Seminar, webinar, podcast, podinar. A genealogy of decline.

Jun 05, 2026 · 6 min read · 104 claps paywalled #humor #work #podcast

Self-Pleasuring Pontification as a Go-To-Market Strategy

DR Dr Stuart Woolley · The Grand Game of Software Engineering

“SALARY: Competitive”, What?!

Another exposed metal object on the software job searching minefield.

Apr 15, 2021 · 6 min read · 97 claps paywalled #work #software-development #jobs

AI MDA

DR Dr Stuart Woolley · The Grand Game of Software Engineering

Resistance Wasn’t Futile, We Just Had To Be Forward Deployed!

The engineers have returned to the bridge, well, cube. Let’s not break the metaphor already.

May 28, 2026 · 5 min read · 81 claps paywalled #humor #artificial-intelligence #consulting

Resistance Wasn’t Futile, We Just Had To Be Forward Deployed!

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DR Dr Stuart Woolley · The Grand Game of Software Engineering

Manufactured Complexity As A Business Model

Why the people who call your work difficult are always the people charging by the hour for it.

Jun 25, 2026 · 5 min read · 71 claps paywalled #humor #software-engineering #work

Manufactured Complexity As A Business Model

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DR Dr Stuart Woolley · The Grand Game of Software Engineering

Schrödinger’s Timesheet

Booked hours exist in superposition, right up until they collapse into whatever is needed.

Jul 15, 2026 · 4 min read · 65 claps paywalled #humor #work #satire

ART MDA

DR Dr Stuart Woolley · The Grand Game of Software Engineering

Obsessive Wattage Disorder

It’s just a number. I check it four hundred times a day regardless.

Jul 12, 2026 · 8 min read · 60 claps paywalled #humor #solar-energy #android

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DR Dr Stuart Woolley · The Grand Game of Software Engineering

You’re A “3” Because Average Is Always Cheaper

Calibration, the forced curve, and the other rituals of metric theatre.

Jun 22, 2026 · 5 min read · 46 claps paywalled #humor #performance #human-resources

You’re A “3” Because Average Is Always Cheaper

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DR Dr Stuart Woolley · The Grand Game of Software Engineering

Innovation, Now Sold Separately

Or, how your bug fix became a technical advance at the very frontier of human knowledge.

Jul 07, 2026 · 6 min read · 10 claps paywalled #humor #innovation #work

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DR Dr Stuart Woolley · The Grand Game of Software Engineering

The Vibe Patchers Walk Among Us

And you thought “vibe coding” was the nitroglycerine of the Grand Game.

May 25, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps paywalled #humor #artificial-intelligence #vibe-coding