There’s a post doing the rounds that I keep coming back to, written by someone with eleven years of coding experience who had a genuinely unsettling moment last month. They hit an intermittent network timeout bug — the classic kind, only appearing in production, exactly the sort of thing you’d expect a seasoned developer to chew through methodically — and found themselves completely lost without AI to guide them. Not just slower. Actually lost. The internal voice that used to generate hypotheses had gone quiet.

I’ve been following the Hormuz situation pretty closely over the past few weeks, and honestly, the more I read about it, the more I find myself thinking about leadership — specifically what good leadership actually looks like when things get genuinely difficult.

The news that Japan is going to maintain normal fuel supply to Australia, and that Prime Minister Takaichi is potentially visiting, is quietly significant. It doesn’t have the drama of a military announcement or the viral punch of a political brawl, but it matters. A lot. And the way it came together — through methodical diplomatic legwork with Japan, South Korea, and Singapore — is the kind of thing that rarely gets the credit it deserves because it doesn’t make for exciting television.

Happy Easter, everyone! Hope you’ve had a good long weekend, whether you’re the type who goes all out with family gatherings or just appreciates the public holidays for some quiet time at home.

So, Easter Monday is here, and you know what that means for bargain hunters like me — it’s time to see what kind of post-Easter chocolate deals are floating around. I spotted a few people online sharing tips about clearance sales at Coles and local shops, which naturally got me out of my chair and into research mode.