Waterfall vs. Agile vs. AI development methodologies, illustrated through vehicle-building analogies. Three rows show how each approach delivers value across four stages: • Waterfall: Builds components sequentially toward a final product — a tire, then an axle, then a chassis, then a complete car. Nothing usable until the end. • Agile: Delivers working, incrementally better transportation at each stage — a skateboard, scooter, bicycle, motorcycle, then a car. Always something functional. • AI: Starts with an over-engineered, chaotic “Homer Simpson car” — a wild, impractical contraption — then progressively refines it into a normal, polished car. Begins too complex and simplifies toward usability.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

TransformGov Talks: April 2026 · Luma Lisa Trickey and Rebekah Wilson, Local Government Association on the state of digital Local Government and LG2040: The State of Things to Come Jonathan Slater,…

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🚨 6PM, WED 29th April 🚨

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Lisa Trickey and Rebekah Wilson, LGA : State of digital Local Government and LG2040: The State of Things to Come

​Jonathan Slater, Visiting Professor at King’s College London and QMUL

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Millions of workers get new access to sick pay and parental leave Landmark employment rights reforms kick into force.

It's exactly this kind of thing that's fantastic but at the same time nowhere in the national media.

The government should fire their comms people and find someone who can actually land their announcements.

www.gov.uk/government/n...

Another beautiful #monkigras 🥰 Such an eclectic mix of speakers, and (as ever) incredible food and drink.

“The way you communicate a plan is as important as the plan itself” @mattlemay.com #monkigras

Slide says "If we make responding to change part of the plan we are more likely to actually do it.". Handsome chap in a blue striped suit and pink striped shirt

"If we make responding to change part of the plan we are more likely to actually do it.". - @mattlemay.com

Sounds like #monkigras

Resilience in communities, in Oaxaca and Minneapolis, boils down to recognising interdependence and simply helping others when they need it @kimmykimkimber.bsky.social @wiredferret.bsky.social #monkigras

It is so inhuman to take what other people need. I think there are a lot of people with a “wendigo spirit” in power right now.
Great talk on resilience in communities by @kimmykimkimber.bsky.social and @wiredferret.bsky.social #monkigras

Speaker book recommendation: "Seeing Gender: An Illustrated Guide to Identity and Expression" by Iris Gottlieb

#monkigras

Intersex births are about 1.7% of births which is about the same as the percentage of kids with red hair.

#monkigras

I’ve never played it but I have friends who have — love @azimman.bsky.social using Silksong as an allegory for describing the experience as a cis parent raising a trans child. #monkigras

“We can have a future where every student and teacher is supported by cognitive aids built for their benefit and growth. Not for exploitation and surveillance.” Really appreciate the optimism in this talk, @daniloc.xyz, admittedly I’ve been quite pessimistic lately. #monkigras

Man in hoodie and jeans giving American Tech Guy on stage at monkigras

An actual prepper talk with Chad Metcalf talking about the US variety of the movement.

"Prepping is about personal agency".

“Enshittification comes from an asymmetry of power”

@danielroe.dev talking about ATProto #monkigras

Daniel Roe in a lovely stripy jumper and jeans smiling and giving a presentation

Absolute comedy from @danielroe.dev talking about npmx #monkigras btw . He is about communities but says 10x developers is bunk.

"Life is about building a sense of community.".

“The teacher is also the learner. And a commitment to learning means being continually revealed to yourself.” - @suesmith.lol #monkigras

Whew.

Nathen with a box of fucks

My handful of fucks

I love that @nathenharvey.bsky.social is making sure we all have enough fucks to give

Woman in black t-shirt and purple skirt presenting at a tech conference .

Immigration and trans rights. Everything is super fucked up and trans people are increasingly having to become legal experts. @lizthegrey.com on, for example, what it means to be a refugee or stateless person. Important talk at #monkigras. The UK EHRC ruling is also super messed up.

Small Beer is a B Corp brewery in Bermondsey, focusing on low-medium ABV 2.5-2.8%. All the flavour, none of the headaches - cheers to that 🍻 #monkigras

Learning requires going from abstract to practical and back to abstract, in semantic waves. Learning by doing when coding cements what has been learned @suesmith.lol #monkigras

Centering GMT on the world means time "caught colonialism from its humans" - @ashley.rolfmore.com

Lmao what a way to say it! #monkigras

A system always includes the mental model of the people using it, the people, the tools, and the dialogue.

Numbers are scary because they change how the world affects people.

Show your working

Be correctable, not just correct

Extent existing mental models

Design for safe failure

Design for safe failure modes, says @ashley.rolfmore.com #monkigras

It’s #monkigras time again!

"AI" is now shorthand for "I don't trust this."

I'm speaking at #MonkiGras next week about the gap where engineers and humans meet: the number on the screen, and what that means for the ongoing crisis of trust in institutions.

Preview: Medieval accounting meets 90mph LiDAR. 🚇

Picture of a woman on stage wearing a blue denim jacket talking evocatively, standing in front of a bunch of sponsor logos

Bloody hell this talk is already great. @lauratacho.com crushing it, arguing and explaining how our sense of wonder can blind us to the realities of the situation. #monkigras is go.

“Skepticism is the main cornerstone of being prepared” - Laura Tacho #monkigras

What's My JND? Find your Just Noticeable Difference in colour perception. How small a colour difference can you actually see?

My JND is 0.0032, whatever that means 🎨
Found this game weirdly therapeutic www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd...
#WhatsMyJND

Beautiful live sketch notes from Jenny Leonard 🎨