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On software, technology, and whatever else is worth putting into words.

  1. The Quiet Work

    5 min read

    The software industry has produced some of the most celebrated fortunes in history. The people who built its foundations are mostly unknown. That gap is worth sitting with.

    • software engineering
    • open source
    • tech culture

  2. Maine's Data Center Moratorium and the Case for Smaller AI

    8 min read

    Maine just passed the first US moratorium on large data centers. Some will read that as a blow to AI. I think it might be the opposite.

    • software engineering
    • AI
    • edge computing

  3. Beyond the Prompt

    6 min read

    The fear about AI in software engineering is that it replaces engineers. The more immediate risk runs in the opposite direction.

    • software engineering
    • AI
    • craft