{"slug": "recommended-reading", "title": "Recommended reading", "summary": "A software consultant argues that using AI to accelerate development addresses the wrong problem, suggesting teams risk building the wrong thing faster rather than focusing on what truly matters.", "body_md": "#### My writing elsewhere\n\n▷ In the software-company circles I’m in, the talk is all about using AI to go faster. The presumption is that you can take that thing you estimated at a year and build it in a month. I say you’re solving the wrong problem. *Read* [You’re about to use AI to build the wrong thing faster](https://dev.jimgrey.net/2026/07/15/youre-about-to-use-ai-to-build-the-wrong-thing-faster/)\n\n#### Best of the blogs\n\n▷ **David**‘s article about how rare it is for people to actually *try* to achieve things helped me feel better this week about my software consultancy hitting a bumpy period. I really am trying to learn business development. What I can’t control is the results. *Read* [Failing is Common, Trying is Rare](https://www.raptitude.com/2026/07/failing-is-common-trying-is-rare/)\n\n▷ I’ve written a couple times this year about the importance of backing up your image files, both onto an external hard drive and into the cloud. **Khürt Williams** does that, and adds an extra security step. *Read* [The invisible flaw in my photo backup strategy](https://islandinthenet.com/photo-backup-strategy/)\n\n#### Cameras and photography\n\n▷ Even though I publish confidently all the time about my photography and cameras, deep down sometimes I feel like a total dork out in the world photographing old buildings with something like my Kodak Monitor folding camera from the 40s. **Andy** wrote a nice encouraging piece this week that helped me. *Read* [Enjoy your hobby!](https://andysphotoblog.org/2026/07/15/enjoy-your-hobby/)\n\n▷ When you live within driving distance of Chicago, a lot of photographic journeys begin at iconic Central Camera. **Dan Cuny** learned this not long ago, when a visit sent him on a journey to find a camera called Nomar. *Read* [Nomar camera](https://www.dancuny.com/camera-collecting-blog/2026/7/15/nomar-camera)\n\nMy newsletter has the inside scoop on what I’m working on! [Subscribe here](https://jimgreybackroads.substack.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/recommended-reading", "canonical_source": "https://blog.jimgrey.net/2026/07/18/recommended-reading-445/", "published_at": "2026-07-18 09:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-23 16:45:37.243796+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Jim Grey", "David", "Khürt Williams", "Andy", "Dan Cuny", "Central Camera", "Kodak Monitor"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/recommended-reading", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/recommended-reading.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/recommended-reading.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/recommended-reading.jsonld"}}