Joe Bordes

@joebordes

software developer, linux specialist, life survivor

Denia, Alicante, SpainJoined July 2021

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- mentoring about programming - programming - writing - Linux system administration - software system design - MDM. Data Warehouse

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The 60% Effort Rule in the Age of AI

Years ago, I established a set of guidelines for defining tasks in our system. The philosophy was simple: ambiguity kills productivity. We introduced concepts like the "Analyst-Reviewer Conversation" and the "60% Effort Rule" to ensure that by the ti...

Feb 78 min read

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The "Average" Problem: Why AGI is a Moving Goalpost

The pursuit of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) — a concept I learned about this week — is often framed as a climb toward a distant mountain peak. We define it broadly, as an AI that matches or exceeds the sum total of human capability—the abili...

Jan 302 min read

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Stop Guessing, Start Measuring Your Git Repository

It started with a simple request: "Can you get me a report on our top committers?" I searched for tools to extract statistical information from a git repository, but found that most were designed for version control, not analysis. I eventually ran in...

Jan 264 min read

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Hacktoberfest 2025

Hacktoberfest 2025 just finished — and guess what? They brought back the swag!After last year’s digital-only celebration, seeing the return of t-shirts and tree-planting rewards brought a wave of nostalgia and motivation 😊 For some reason, I didn’t ...

Oct 31, 20253 min read

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Optimizing MySQL Application Queries

For a long time, I tried to avoid the topic of database optimization. It felt like it was something somebody else could learn for me and avoid having yet another skill and learning curve, a task best delegated to more specialized employees or coworke...

Aug 31, 202511 min read

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Joe Bordes's blogs

Recently published

The 60% Effort Rule in the Age of AI

The "Average" Problem: Why AGI is a Moving Goalpost

Stop Guessing, Start Measuring Your Git Repository

Hacktoberfest 2025

Optimizing MySQL Application Queries