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What we're learning, and where the work is going.
Articles, podcasts, and events from the team at Sirrus7.
When the Math Says 60 Years
A leading US wireless carrier had hundreds of millions of lines of Java code stuck on Java 8. Internal leadership had done the math honestly: 5,500 engineers, fully allocated, would take roughly 60 years to bring the estate current.
Read the article → eventWhat We Learned at MURTEC 2026
The standout moment was the keynote from a former Chief AI Officer for enterprise, with 200-plus AI deployments and a track record that includes helping launch one of the first major enterprise AI platforms in 2011.
Read the article →You Rob Banks Because That's Where the Money Is
Reinforcement learning vs. LLMs, the iron triangle of modernization, and why AI might be quietly affecting the next generation of expert engineers.
December 2025 podcastIs AI Actually Intelligent? The Wrong Question and the Right One
Sentience, liability, junior developers, and what actually happens to the job market.
November 2025 articleWhen a 6-Month Project Is 15 Months Late
A non-technical executive is partway through a software project that the vendor told them would take six months. They are now fifteen months in and starting to wonder whether it ever will ship.
November 2025 podcastWe're Here, We're Asking, and We Don't Have All the Answers
What we learned from recording our first episode, and why the most honest thing you can say about AI right now is that no one has it fully figured out.
October 2025