Why I’m Writing Rachel’s Rambl... Note

Why I’m Writing Rachel’s Ramblings

The author, a global CTO, realized at a conference that she possesses valuable, unarticulated insights—patterns and hypotheses from across the industry. She excels at helping leaders strategize but admits to not writing these ideas down, instead relegating them to presentations she dislikes. Despite a demanding job, young children, and a separate book project, she identifies the true reasons for her inaction: overthinking, quickly moving to new ideas, and striving for excessive polish. This new endeavor, "Rachel’s Ramblings," is an experiment to share fast, imperfect thoughts, naming ideas early rather than waiting for full development. Her brain, akin to a knowledge graph, constantly makes associations, which is beneficial in her work but needs to be documented. She plans to write about the future of software, the impact of AI on development, the interplay of platforms, agents, and people, and her work-life balance. She acknowledges some ideas may be incomplete or change, viewing this as a necessary forcing function to externalize her thoughts.