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The past month has been an incredible display of the future money and obstacles behind robotaxis, a.k.a. autonomous ride-hailing vehicles. From marketing studies to concerning crashes to angry politicians to corporate handwaving, we have seen why so many technologies climb to the thin air atop Gartn...

There are few that would argue the growing need for well-conceived software architectures for automotive. In the past ten years, software per vehicle has grown from ten million (10M) lines of code in the Chevy Volt (nicknamed the “King of Software Cars” by WIRED Magazine at the time) to now an estim...

Yet another study has listed “culture” as the most difficult hurdle to an organization’s transformation. According to the survey of 1,100 software managers, “General organization resistance to change” (48%) and “Organizational culture at odds with Agile values” (44%) are two of the four top obstacle...

Solving The Ineffable Plan What does “ineffable” mean? Viewers of the apocalyptic Amazon Prime show “Good Omens” frequently hear that word during exchanges been Aziraphale and Crowley, the angel and demon played by Michael Sheen and David Tennant respectively. “God does not play dice with the univer...

Where Landmines Are Hidden Among Acquisition Gems Bankruptcies. Unjumbling “coronavirus” can spell words like carnivorous, voracious and rancorous. Chapter 11 announcements since the start of the pandemic seem to be a daily occurrence. Putting aside all of the fashion retailers, cruise line operator...