Slave Software, Polarity Work, and AI Context
Published on 23.03.2026
Slave Software: The End of Automation Scripts
TLDR: AI agents change what software is worth building. Instead of writing deterministic automations with Zapier or custom code, we can now tell an agent to do repetitive tasks. LLMs handle ambiguity in ways regular software can't.
Slave software, polarities, and weekly readings
Polarity Work: Both/And Leadership
TLDR: Polarity work helps leaders see that what feels like either/or choices are actually both/and situations. Empowerment vs directness, team needs vs business needs. Most situations allow both simultaneously.
Slave software, polarities, and weekly readings
Unblocked: Organizational Context for AI Agents
TLDR: Unblocked gives coding agents organizational knowledge to generate mergeable code without back-and-forth. It pulls context from across your engineering stack, resolves conflicts, and cuts rework.
Weekly Readings: Future of Software, AI Reimplementations, and Prioritization
TLDR: Three recommended articles: Annie Vella on the future of software development retreat, antirez on AI reimplementations through historical lens, and Boz on prioritizing things against each other, not in isolation.