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The Sugarolly Blog

Ideas, observations, and practical wisdom from the field, written to be useful, not just impressive.

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Personal · AI & Society

AI Slop

"AI slop" has to be my new favourite superiority catchphrase. I'm hearing and seeing it everywhere.

May 2026 · 7 min read · By Kieran
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AI Adoption

Learn by Doing: Your Personal AI Starter Guide

A practical, stage-by-stage guide to getting started with AI in your own life.

May 2026 · 7 min read
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Neurodiversity

Why Neurodiverse Teams Outperform

A practical, evidence-based case for why cognitive diversity produces better collective outcomes than homogeneity.

May 2026 · 8 min read
Personal · Career

Career Limiting Moves

Two stories from the career archives: a gold wedding ring that fried a mainframe in 1994, and an accidental company-wide email that reached all of Port and Rail.

May 2026 · 8 min read
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Personal Update

I rebuilt my website and AI did most of the heavy lifting

How an AI-powered development pipeline turned a long-overdue rebuild into a weekend project, and changed how I think about solo development.

May 2026 · 6 min read
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Agile

AI in Agile: Cutting Through the Noise

Where AI is genuinely useful in agile delivery, where it is hype, and what Project and Product Managers should actually prioritise.

May 2026 · 10 min read
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AI & Delivery

Making Sense of AI in the Enterprise SDLC: Where to Start

A practical, no-hype framework for getting AI into your software delivery pipeline in the right sequence.

May 2026 · 7 min read