https://obuchmann.dev/en/tags/knowledge-work/Recent content in Knowledge-Work on obuchmann.devHugoen-usWed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0200https://obuchmann.dev/en/posts/would-i-have-typed-this/Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0200https://obuchmann.dev/en/posts/would-i-have-typed-this/<p>There&rsquo;s a question that works uncomfortably well: <strong>would I have typed this, if I had to write it to this person myself?</strong></p> <p>Not &ldquo;is it correct.&rdquo; Not &ldquo;is it complete.&rdquo; But: would I have bothered to write every single one of these sentences?</p> <p>For most AI answers we forward, the answer is no. And not by a small margin.</p> <h3 id="the-verbosity-isnt-a-bug">The verbosity isn&rsquo;t a bug</h3> <p>We&rsquo;ve been complaining about the same thing for two years now: AI assumes things because we give it too little context. Asked too briefly, guessed wrong, answer unusable. Everyone knows that failure by now.</p>https://obuchmann.dev/en/posts/agents-dont-do-hallway-talk/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0200https://obuchmann.dev/en/posts/agents-dont-do-hallway-talk/<h2 id="the-question">The Question</h2> <p>Your first week at a new job. Most of what you learn that week isn&rsquo;t written down anywhere: who you actually ask when something is stuck. What &ldquo;urgent&rdquo; means in this place. Why the official form exists and nobody uses it. No one decided to teach you any of this - you listened, you watched, you imitated. A few months in, you&rsquo;re productive. Not because the documentation was good, but because humans are remarkably good at filling gaps.</p>