# blog.forret.com

**Role:** Author · **Website:** [blog.forret.com](<https://blog.forret.com/>)

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blog.forret.com is my personal blog, and my longest-running project: I started it in 2004. It covers technology, photography and tango, the side projects I build, and lately AI-assisted software development.

## Quotes

> Adding an autonomous AI agent to a late software project makes it later.
>
> — [The Mythical Agent-Month](<https://blog.forret.com/2025/2025-10-26/mythical-agent-month/>) (2025)

> AI-assisted development does not invalidate Brooks's core lessons. Instead, it accelerates their consequences, acting as a force multiplier for both sound and unsound engineering practices.
>
> — [The Mythical Agent-Month](<https://blog.forret.com/2025/2025-10-26/mythical-agent-month/>) (2025)

> Wouldn't it be cool if I could just print that video?
>
> — [Now I Can Just Print That Video](<https://blog.forret.com/2023/12/01/printthatvideo/>) (2023)

## Most read

1. [Weekday colors (according to the Ayurveda)](<https://blog.forret.com/2007/08/21/weekday-colours-ayurveda/>) (2007)
2. [Every country in the world in 1 (Unsplash) photo](<https://blog.forret.com/2021/02/14/every-country-in-the-world-in-1-unsplash-photo/>) (2021)
3. [QR Experiments: QRoulette](<https://blog.forret.com/2020/05/25/qr-experiments-qroulette/>) (2020)
4. [Reset your OnePlus One to factory settings](<https://blog.forret.com/2015/05/21/reset-your-oneplus-one-to-factory-settings/>) (2015)
5. [Ten tips to take better low-light photos (dance/event/concert)](<https://blog.forret.com/2019/11/22/ten-tips-to-take-better-low-light-photos-lessons-from-tango-paparazzo/>) (2019)
6. [Fix for error -15000 Remote speakers on iTunes / Windows 7](<https://blog.forret.com/2010/10/22/fix-for-error-15000-remote-speakers-on-itunes-windows-7/>) (2010)
7. [id3.exe – ideal tool for tagging and renaming MP3 files](<https://blog.forret.com/2007/08/29/id3exe-ideal-tool-for-tagging-and-renaming-mp3-files/>) (2007)
8. [Tangotation: writing tango steps](<https://blog.forret.com/2006/08/22/tangotation-writing-tango-steps/>) (2006)
9. [Creating image reveal videos with ffmpeg and primitive (bash)](<https://blog.forret.com/2021/01/21/creating-image-reveal-videos-with-ffmpeg-and-primitive/>) (2021)
10. [The Mythical Agent-Month: Brooks's Law in the Age of Agentic Software Development](<https://blog.forret.com/2025/2025-10-26/mythical-agent-month/>) (2025)

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