Rob Sessink @yucca.io · 09/10/2026Today's riding was Col du Mille with a mild and stunning snowcover. Great day on the bike! #mtb #mtbverbier #verbier 020
Reposted by Rob SessinkM. C. Escher @mcescher.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Circle Limit I botfrens.com/collections/12055/cont… 071
Rob Sessink @yucca.io · 16/09/2026Yes and with €1000000 on my bank account I would be a millionaire. 000
Reposted by Rob SessinkSteef-Jan Wiggers @steefjan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026"Is it built?" and "Can we operate it?" are different questions. A platform can pass the first comfortably and fail the second completely, and the second one decides go-live. On production readiness and the execution gap: sjwiggers.com/2026/08/25/f...sjwiggers.comProduction Readiness: Closing the Execution Gap - Cloud PerspectivesExplore the concept of production readiness and understand what it truly means for your integration platform. 121
Reposted by Rob SessinkChad Fowler @chadfowler.com · 19/08/2026The specification is not a document. This is a long one. I’m trying to work through what the durable artifact of software becomes when code is cheap to regenerate, and what that means for documentation, production evidence, decisions, evaluations, and provenance.aicoding.leaflet.pubThe Specification Is Not a Document 1305
Reposted by Rob SessinkRodney Brooks @rodneyabrooks.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Just published a shot blog post on four different time scales that technology development and deployment works at simultaneously. It is short. rodneybrooks.com/four-time-sc...rodneybrooks.comFour Time Scales for Technology Development and Deployment – Rodney Brooks 3215
Reposted by Rob SessinkTim O'Reilly @timoreilly.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Why we should all be hoping for the AI bubble to pop and preparing for the opportunity to turn that into a golden age. Deeply rooted in Carlotta Perez's theory of the role of bubbles in technological revolutions. x.com/i/status/207...x.comVijay Pande (@vijaypande) on Xhttps://t.co/LFtxExihQl 143
Rob Sessink @yucca.io · 23/06/2026static.klipy.comTo Infinity, Buzz LightyearALT: To Infinity, Buzz Lightyear 000
Rob Sessink @yucca.io · 13/06/2026Hiking the steep trail of Verada do Calhau with stunning views on the hills and cliffs of Achadas da Cruz. #madeira #hiking 010
Rob Sessink @yucca.io · 01/06/2026'Reinvented' here could be read as embedding (mandatory) tokenization into the user-interface of the operating system and for day-to-day interaction with (online) services and applications. I suspect a push for micro-payments through agentic interaction and tokenization. 010
Rob Sessink @yucca.io · 01/06/2026That is also method for making AI profitable; tokenization of the user- input and interface. 020
Rob Sessink @yucca.io · 31/05/2026One step further in defining a #SDLC for an event driven architecture using open standards and specifications like #jsonschema #cloudevents #asyncapi Experimenting how good agents and tooling can generate code artifacts using models: JSON schema, CloudEvent definitions and a registry. So far 👌🏻 010
Reposted by Rob SessinkRob Bowley @robbowley.net · 29/05/2026A senior engineer, three years deep helping lead AI augmented coding adoption in ~4000 engineer organisation, writing honestly about their experiences. Very good and worth a read. jamiehurst.co.uk/2026-05-24_a...jamiehurst.co.ukJamie Hurst's Blog - Is this sustainable?Jamie Hurst - Software and System Engineer, Enthusiast of Terrible Cars 286
Rob Sessink @yucca.io · 29/05/2026Is de aanvoer van nieuwe perzen vanuit Iran door de blokkade van Hormuz gestort? 😉 110
Reposted by Rob SessinkNew_ Public @newpublic.org · 26/05/2026How do we ensure that the gatekeepers of tomorrow earn and keep our trust? If they’re really coming (and we think they probably are), how do we shape them to support us rather than shape us? More on what happens to social technology “After the Feed” here: newpublic.org/afterthefeed 022
Rob Sessink @yucca.io · 21/05/2026Our #Stoneman Arduenna adventure. Multiday #mtb tour in the Belgium Ardennes. Hard and rewarding! #YouRock 050
Reposted by Rob SessinkShivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 17/04/2026This picture of Astronaut Christina Koch after the Artemis landing is frankly incredible and beautiful. 243169451829
Rob Sessink @yucca.io · 11/04/2026So maybe UML could come back in fashion again and live to its promise? 010
Reposted by Rob SessinkOliver Morton, Eater of Sun @eaterofsun.bsky.social · 11/04/2026This should be a hugely dynamic time for Europe. The democratic world need new energy and leadereship, it needs alternatives, it needs nations with global outlooks that are also resolutely non-imperial. This challenge/opportunity is not being met. 1105
Reposted by Rob SessinkBenjy Stanton @benjystanton.co.uk · 28/02/2026“If Europe wants change, it cannot simply recreate the same model under a different logo. It must move beyond the document-and-format architecture altogether.” ia.net/topics/trapp...ia.netTrapped in MS OfficeSeeking IT independence, Europe wants to escape Microsoft Office. The question is: where to? 043
Reposted by Rob SessinkRob Bowley @robbowley.net · 11/03/2026thedecisionstack.comWhen Software Becomes Cheap, Strategy Becomes EverythingMost companies are applying AI at the wrong level. When software gets cheap, the moat isn't technology — it's strategic clarity. 072
Reposted by Rob SessinkDane Owens @owendanes.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now 216256576907
Rob Sessink @yucca.io · 05/03/2026A similair effect could occur around development of open-source software. As there is less incentive to build and support new libraries and frameworks, this effectively could wither the whole ecosystem. Feels like a recursive effect, reinforcing current state and uptake of closed source. 010
Reposted by Rob SessinkOliver Gould @olix0r.net · 05/03/2026it's amazing how there's a renaissance of great terminal interfaces 0101
Reposted by Rob SessinkQue Mário? - Mesa 56 FIQ-BH! @masquemario.bsky.social · 01/03/2026GAG 😱 youtu.be/ReLnaKkktQ0?...youtu.beROSALÍA - BERGHAIN (Live at Brits Awards 2026 HD)YouTube video by Rosalía Lyrics 063
Reposted by Rob SessinkHans L’Hoest @hanlho.com · 23/02/2026Lots of highlights for me in this article from @suksr.bsky.social susannekaiser.net/building-fou...susannekaiser.netBuilding Foundations for Continuous (AI-accelerated) Change - Susanne KaiserAI doesn’t fix your bottlenecks. It amplifies them. DORA’s report on AI-assisted software development [1] confirmed that AI amplifies existing flow and exposes brittle processes and frictions. If your... 011
Reposted by Rob SessinkSimon Willison @simonwillison.net · 15/02/2026Short musings on "cognitive debt" - I'm seeing this in my own work, where excessive unreviewed AI-generated code leads me to lose a firm mental model of what I've built, which then makes it harder to confidently make future decisions simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/15/...simonwillison.netHow Generative and Agentic AI Shift Concern from Technical Debt to Cognitive DebtThis piece by Margaret-Anne Storey is the best explanation of the term cognitive debt I've seen so far. Cognitive debt, a term gaining traction recently, instead communicates the notion that … 4146187
Reposted by Rob SessinkKevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 11/02/2026A crescent view of Earth seen through the lunar module window of the outbound Apollo 15 mission in late July 1971. Along with the thinly illuminated Earth, the camera picked up a lot of sun glare on the thick window glass. flic.kr/p/2rW2tui 29326
Reposted by Rob SessinkLorin Hochstein @norootcause.surfingcomplexity.com · 09/02/2026New blog post: Nobody knows how the whole system works surfingcomplexity.blog/2026/02/08/n...surfingcomplexity.blogNobody knows how the whole system worksOne of the surprising (at least to me) consequences of the fall of Twitter is the rise of LinkedIn as a social media site. I saw some interesting posts I wanted to call attention to: First, Simon W… 43416
Rob Sessink @yucca.io · 14/02/2026As individual/company I am fine to build upon abstractions or take dependencies on 3rd parties that are stable and sustainable. However if ourselves, we (at scale) generate, depend and build abstractions/systems we don't understand anymore,but still need to maintain, we set ourselves up for failure. 020
Reposted by Rob SessinkSimon Martinelli @martinelli.ch · 03/02/2026New blog post ✍️ Spec-driven development is not a return to waterfall. AI makes coding faster, but speed was never the real problem. The real bottleneck is still requirements and specifications. 👉 Read the post: martinelli.ch/why-spec-dri...martinelli.chWhy Spec-Driven Development Can Be Iterative, Incremental, and Agile - MartinelliWhenever I talk about AIUP and Spec-driven Development, I often hear the same concern: “This sounds like Waterfall.” That reaction is understandable. For many developers, words like requirements, spec... 182
Reposted by Rob SessinkDavid Whitney @davidwhitney.co.uk · 03/02/2026LLM code gen is allergic to software design. It's a side-effect of limited context - drives it to primitive obsession and a bunch of other smelly designs. You can navigate it to good outcomes, but it's very reflective of the difference between "scripts" and "software" if you don't pay attention. 081
Reposted by Rob SessinkMartin Rak @martinrak.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Snowy landscape in the Central Bohemian Uplands 1433141
Reposted by Rob SessinkTed Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Today in 1986, Voyager 2 made humanity's first and only encounter with Uranus, revealing its clouds, rings, and fascinating zoo of moons. 525586
Reposted by Rob SessinkAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/01/2026Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... " 813203986508
Reposted by Rob SessinkAndy Pavlo @andypavlo.bsky.social · 05/01/2026I've posted my latest recap of the world of databases: www.cs.cmu.edu/~pavlo/blog/... All the hot topics from the last year: • More Postgres action! • MCP for everyone! • MongoDB gets litigious with FerretDB! • File formats! • Market movements! • The richest person in the history of the world!cs.cmu.eduDatabases in 2025: A Year in ReviewThe world tried to kill Andy off but he had to stay alive to to talk about what happened with databases in 2025. 17625
Reposted by Rob SessinkRodney Brooks @rodneyabrooks.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Just published my annual predictions update, tracking from Jan 1st 2018, with new commentary and new ten year predictions. It is long. rodneybrooks.com/predictions-...rodneybrooks.comPredictions Scorecard, 2026 January 01 – Rodney Brooks 36320
Rob Sessink @yucca.io · 31/12/2025Hoi @volkskrant.nl , waarom krijg ik dit soort push reclame als ik voor een abonnement betaal? 010
Reposted by Rob SessinkIO+ @nl.ioplus.nl · 20/12/2025World-Class Industry? Alleen met een World-Class Society ioplus.nl/nl/posts/world-class-indu…ioplus.nlWorld-Class Industry? Alleen met een World-Class SocietyWie alleen inzet op ‘verdienvermogen’, loopt het risico de samenleving te verliezen, waarschuwt Tilburg University. 021
Rob Sessink @yucca.io · 20/12/2025@nieuws.nos.nl eerlijke vraag. Waarom worden acties van/rondom Trump en Amerikaanse politiek veelvuldig gebracht als prominente artikelen op de NOS app. Wat is de relevantie hier voor Nederland? Zoals dit item nos.nl/l/2595329, vanwaar die focus, er gebeurt toch wel meer nieuwswaardigs in de wereld?nos.nlTrump voegt eigen naam toe aan prestigieuze Kennedy Center in WashingtonDe raad van toezicht, waar sinds dit jaar vooral Trump-loyalisten in zitten, heeft ingestemd met een naamsveradering. 010
Reposted by Rob SessinkAllen Holub @allenholub.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Let’s talk about “Move fast and break things.” First of all, Facebook itself changed its motto to “Move fast with stable infrastructure” in 2014. So much for breaking things, at least if you’re a soulless corporate behemoth. 1/12 1513751490
Rob Sessink @yucca.io · 17/11/2025Please see #apihub for the new API registry of Apigee. Focused primarily on synchronous APIs. docs.cloud.google.com/apigee/docs/...docs.cloud.google.comWhat is Apigee API hub? | Google Cloud DocumentationConsolidate and organize information about all of the APIs in your company's organization with Apigee API Hub. Use API Hub to centrally manage your portfolio of APIs at each stage of their lifecycle a... 020
Rob Sessink @yucca.io · 26/10/2025Autumn walk and finding abundant mushrooms on dead wood in the Slangenburg. 030
Rob Sessink @yucca.io · 23/10/2025Yes, I actually like the summarization feature in Confluence to provide me a short 2min spoken digest of functional designs drafted by our analysts. 110