Monthly Archives: March 2026

AI Is Not a Rubber Duck

What a difference a year makes. When I wrote AI Is The New Rubber Duck (Force Multiplier) last April, AI really was a rubber duck. At least for the low-grade AI I had access to on a minimal budget with no corporate or venture capital sponsorship. It was helpful, but it couldn’t write complete applications […]

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In my day-to-day work with technology, I have found there is No Silver Bullet [ucsf.edu] to the essential difficulties of software development. Essential best practices are situational and defined by context.