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SEP Wins TechPoint’s 2025 Exceptional Employer Mira Award

SEP Recognized as Indiana’s Top Tech Employer, Winning TechPoint’s Prestigious Mira Award Westfield, Indiana - SEP has been named Exceptional Employer by TechPoint at the 26th annual Mira Awards. This award recognizes companies that are developing talent through skills-based hiring…
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How AI, Design, and Creativity Landed Me 2 Weeks of ClusterTruck Lunches

Some contests are worth more than the prize, and this was one of them. Indy Design Week recently hosted a poster competition to help ClusterTruck revamp their promotional flyers for Dine to Donate events. The prize? Two weeks of free ClusterTruck lunches. The challenge? Taking a bland Illustrator template and transforming it into a design […]
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Vibe Coding Is the Purest Form of Agile (And That’s the Problem)

Vibe coding absolutely nails the values of Agile, and quietly violates the mechanisms that make Agile work. Vibe coding might be the purest form of Agile we’ve ever seen. No standups, no tickets, no backlog grooming, just chaos and bliss. It nails the Agile values: working software, responding to change, and individuals over process. The […]
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Why Vibe Coding Fails – and How Signal Coding Fixes It

AI is an amplifier for whatever signal we humans provide. Garbage in, garbage out. Signal in, software out. – Robert Herbig, in the thing you’re currently reading If you haven’t heard of vibe coding, it’s an interesting concept: you prompt an AI agent to do all the coding and focus on fast iterations. Minimize time […]
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Terraform: Creatine for Your AI-Assistant

I love software engineering because it lets me create new things every single day. As a programmer, I get to conjure novel solutions to problems I’ve never encountered before – manipulating chaos is my jam. For months, I stubbornly resisted tools like Cursor, Cline and Windsurf. Why? Because I’m passionate about programming and worried these […]
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NeurIPS 2024 Developer Tools You Can Deploy & Use Today!

I learned about these open source and commercially licensed tools for developers at NeurIPS 2024. Most of the tools on this list are new to me, but not new to the world. You can deploy and use them today! …pssst – if your manager or your client would rather you make something from scratch instead […]
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10 Eye-Opening Uses of AI in Aircraft Planning & Scheduling

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming all industries. Aviation is no different, except that it has been an early adopter. AI planning and scheduling is one of the most promising applications. AI can automate tasks, optimize schedules, and improve efficiency in various ways. A Birds-eye View of AI in Flight Current Uses of AI in […]
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23 Tedious Tasks to Automate to Reap the Benefits of Artificial Intelligence in Business

AI is rapidly changing the way businesses operate. The first thing most people think of when they think of AI is automation. Automation is one of the most significant benefits of artificial intelligence in business—specifically, the automation of tedious, everyday work. Tedious tasks are repetitive, time-consuming, and require little human thought. They can drain productivity […]
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When to Reach for Custom Artificial Intelligence Solutions vs. Off-the-Shelf

We’re in the midst of a time of great excitement and enthusiasm for AI and the possibilities it brings. You may find yourself at a company wondering how exactly can AI help us? Off-the-shelf tools may not feel like a good fit. What you do is unique, and you may be considering building your own […]
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Using Generative AI Every Day at Work? An AI Strategist’s Honest Take

I use Generative AI tools because, as a developer, I can’t ignore them. My clients and peers expect me to be at least conversant in AI technologies if not an expert. Maintaining that expertise means engaging with new tools as they come out. I’ve made a point to use them where I could for the […]
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