Sustainable learning.
WHAT THE PROBLEM IS
The volume of new work vastly exceeds what anyone can follow.
WHAT REMAINS STABLE
Fundamentals Evaluation practice Engineering discipline Problem framing
WHAT CHANGES RAPIDLY
Specific models and their capabilities Tooling Best practice for the newest techniques
WHAT TO FOLLOW CLOSELY
Developments affecting what you actually build.
WHAT TO FOLLOW LOOSELY
Everything else, at summary level.
WHAT SOURCES TO USE
A small number of trusted summaries Practitioners who explain rather than announce Documentation of tools you use
WHAT TO BE SCEPTICAL OF
Claims of transformation Demonstrations without evaluation Benchmark results with no independent confirmation
WHAT TO DO WITH SOMETHING PROMISING
Note it, and revisit in a few months.
WHY
Most things do not survive that long.
WHAT TO ACTUALLY TRY
Things solving a problem you have.
WHAT TO PROTECT
Time for depth, against the pull of breadth.
WHAT TO REMEMBER
That fundamentals learned well outlast every framework.
