I am not new to software or AI, but have been trying to wrap my head around ICM for a while. Recently ran the script-to-animation workflow, asked it to make up a silly theme. Whadaya know, it worked. :) What I'm interested in, though, is whether ICM can be used for full SDLC. Let's say a game. Hypothetically (wink, wink.) Having trouble figuring out how to break it down, and if the middle "loop" (implement features until done, to oversimplify it) even fits ICM. The planning could probably be a workflow, at least. So I don't know if that should be split off as a separate workflow, create specs, and then - what? Has anybody used ICM for end-to-end software development? Did it work? Challenges? Tips?

Is AI Making Us More Productive, or Are Unrealistic Expectations Pushing Us to Work More? I've been thinking a lot lately about how AI is changing the workplace, particularly for those of us in software development. I'm curious whether others are experiencing something similar. As a web developer, I've always taken pride in writing clean, maintainable code and building reusable components. Recently, I've been diving deeper into AI, agents, skills, and structured workflows. I genuinely believe AI has incredible potential to improve how we work. But I've started wondering: Has the promise of AI productivity created unrealistic expectations for the people actually doing the work? We've all heard the claims that AI can make us 5x or even 10x more productive. But does that mean developers should suddenly be expected to handle 5x or 10x the workload? I recently went through an experience that really challenged my perspective. I had three major projects with overlapping deadlines. To keep everything moving, I regularly found myself working 12-hour days, sometimes stretching to 18 hours. For one particular project, I knew I wouldn't have the time to approach the code the way I normally would. So, under pressure, I leaned heavily on AI and essentially let it cook. And let me tell you, that cooking was painful. 😂 AI got me about 60% of the way there. At first glance, the design looked decent. But once I started digging into the details, the responsiveness, fluidity, and overall user experience were nowhere near where they needed to be. What initially looked like a time saver turned into weeks of troubleshooting, refining, and reworking the output just to get to a functional product. And here's the part that really bothered me. What I would typically expect to accomplish in roughly 3,000 lines of CSS ended up becoming approximately 14,000 lines! Did the code work? Yes. Did it meet the immediate business requirements? Yes. Was it clean, readable, and maintainable? Not even close!

So, I few days ago I realized that the CEOs of Nvidia and AMD are possibly cousins. I mean the CEOs of the the two (arguably) chip and graphics card manufacturers are cousins. Interesting. So I asked ChatGPT to confirm. I asked what Thanksgiving looks like in that family. The response I got was not what I expected. See attached screenshot. I was laughing so hard.

Did some digging as I was curious about the security implications with respect to utilizing MCP. Made some interesting findings! What are your personal takes? Is it `MCP to the moon!` or do you guys think users should be pumping the brakes?

Opus 5.5, Sol 6, fable 5.1, Astra 6. Models are being released now faster than anyone can keep up. The online dialogue gets all excited every few weeks when a new one is announced, but the reality is we’re several generations deep into models that can already reliably do almost anything you can think of. The beauty of ICM is that you aren’t tied to any model but I’m wondering how folks are navigating having so many options at their fingertips. I’ve started letting my sessions decide what to use as I can’t keep up anymore. How are you choosing what to use? Leave a comment below 👇