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May 7, 2026, 7 p.m.

Weeknotes: 4 May to 7 May 2026

Intergenerational conversations, humanising one another, interdependence, AI compute, architectural patterns and value

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Waves from a blue green sea breaking against dark rocks
Breaking Waves in Istria, Marie Egner (Austrian, 1850–1940)

What I have found gripping

  • Joining intergenerational conversations

  • It remains necessary to continue to humanise one another, no matter who we are or where we come from

  • Interdependence can be observed in many ways

  • AI compute is slowly getting attention

  • Architectural patterns

  • Seeing the difference between my earlier coded tracks and more recent ones

  • Being aware of how one brings value still matters

  • Continuing to listen to understand and paying attention to nuanced views

  • There is a website called fundyourinternet.org

What I have read

  • AI contribution policy, Hanakai

  • What is the AI compute crunch—and how will it affect chatbots? Deni Ellis Béchard

  • Navigating cloud constraints: Limited power, capacity, and skills, Julie Heming

  • Development of Further Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture, Martin Fowler

  • ClickFunnels × Honeybadger, Honeybadger

  • 5 Ally Actions - May 1, 2026, Better Allies

  • What does genuine inclusion look like? Huong Nguyen

  • April Newsletter: First Keynote Speakers Announcements, (EuroPython), Andrew Northall & Daria Linhart Grudzien

  • Women Who Use AI At Work Face A Predictable ‘Competence Penalty’, Michelle Travis

  • Invisible labor at work: what it is and how to address it, Elizabeth Zabbo, SHRM-SCP

  • What does decent work look like today? Dr Ishbel McWha-Hermann

  • Free or paid content: what is the real issue? Bertrand Duperrin

  • Strengthening the Team around Boys: "Same Side" Campaign and BE Co-authored Conversation Guide, Beyond Equality

  • Men- A poem by Matt Dickinson, Beyond Equality

  • Concilier performance et humanisation : un équilibre nécessaire, Margaux Ruelle

  • Être nous-mêmes grâce à l’amitié, Flora Bernard

What I have watched

Marcy Lab’s 90-day lift-off playbook: Building high impact, durable engineers, Reuben Ogbonna

Featured quote

From the moment when everything or almost everything is free, we forget a fundamental aspect of the problem: what is the value of the information to which we have access? — Bertrand Duperrin

Further reading and resources

In English

  • The Marcy Lab School (US)

  • Hanakai

  • Beyond Equality (UK)

In French

  • Contenus gratuits ou payants : quel est le vrai enjeu ? Bertrand Duperrin

  • La Marcy Lab School prépare les futurs travailleurs du secteur de la technologie,  Maggie Wynn

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