On Evitability in Use of AI If the hype is to be believed, software development as we know it is over. Strangely though, despite now years of LLM-powered tooling, the results look, feel and function mostly the same as they ever did: barely. It's undeniable there's a metric gigaton of hype surrounding the technology. It drives the enormous amounts of money and infrastructure being poured into it, which in turn demands more hype to justify the investment. The history of hyperbole is already evident, as new models continue to be trained to reach promises which now-retired models were already supposed to deliver. So allow me to drop a line that would shock a weathered San Franciscan more than open defecation on Market Street: it's perfectly okay not to use AI. It doesn't make you a troglodyte. It won't leave you choking behind in the dust as self-fashioned techno-wizards bring their agents to bear. In fact, it seems far less stressful and far more satisfying than the alternative. Source M.C.…