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Ya Still Gotta Come to Work in the Morning
Case Study - Electric Utility Work

Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2026-06-11
A lot of software projects succeed at handling the routine 80% of situations. The hard part is the other 20% - the weird edge cases, judgment calls, and real-world exceptions that demos usually don’t talk about.

After twenty years working in software, I've learned that the companies with the best operational results often aren't the ones chasing full automation ... See full post


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