Tagged: future-of-work

How to design when the concept of operations is opaque?

On working with Claude: unlike traditional software, LLMs have no pre-baked concept of operations. You have to define it yourself, and that requires an expert-level mental model.

Planted 5 May 2026

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Tri-System Theory (Shaw & Nave, 2026)

Vincent Rump introduces the Tri-System Theory (Shaw & Nave, 2026), which extends Kahneman's dual-process model by proposing a third cognitive system — artificial cognition (AI) — that actively participates in human reasoning and decision-making. The post argues that humans increasingly defer to AI outputs with minimal critical reflection, a phenomenon the authors call "cognitive surrender," which improves decision quality when AI is correct but degrades it when AI is wrong — while trust remains consistently high either way. This raises urgent questions about human autonomy, expertise, and responsibility as cognition becomes a hybrid, human-AI process.

Planted 26 Apr 2026 Tended 26 Apr 2026

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The AI Draft: A Process Essay Nobody Asked For

Frank A. Kalman, a formally trained journalist, argues that using AI as a collaborative drafting partner is not a betrayal of craft but an honest extension of a writer's editorial process. He frames AI as a responsive thinking partner whose "wrongness" is productive, pushing the writer to clarify what they actually mean. The piece is a transparent, process-level account of how an experienced writer uses voice memos, AI chat, and iterative editing to reach a finished essay, positioned against the performative outrage of writers who conflate the suffering of drafting with the value of writing itself.

Planted 25 Apr 2026 Tended 25 Apr 2026

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LLMOps analyst: conversation designer's next career step

How conversation designers are evolving into LLMOps analysts, and why linguists are uniquely suited for monitoring, evaluating, and improving GenAI systems in production.

Planted 14 Apr 2026

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6 plugins that turn Claude Code into a full dev team

6 plugins that turn Claude Code into a full dev team in 5 minutes. Each one covers a different role; planning, design, code review, security, memory, and team coordination.

Planted 10 Apr 2026 Tended 10 Apr 2026

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From role to skills: how Claude Code desilos the future of work

How I submitted my first merge request...after 20 years of trying to code

Planted 7 Apr 2026

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The machines are fine. I'm worried about us.

AI tools can accelerate research, but using them to avoid the hard work of learning undermines the development of independent thinking.

Planted 6 Apr 2026 Tended 6 Apr 2026

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My changing role in an ultrasmall development team

Being PO, scrum master, prompt designer, tester, eval writer and UX designer in a team of 3 means rethinking roles and processes on a daily, almost hourly basis.

Planted 27 Mar 2026

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