https://ryan-mack.dev Writing about software, technology, and whatever else is worth putting into words. en-us Mon, 11 May 2026 02:52:07 GMT https://ryan-mack.dev/blog/the-quiet-work https://ryan-mack.dev/blog/the-quiet-work Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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. https://ryan-mack.dev/blog/maines-data-center-moratorium-and-the-case-for-smaller-ai https://ryan-mack.dev/blog/maines-data-center-moratorium-and-the-case-for-smaller-ai Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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. https://ryan-mack.dev/blog/beyond-the-prompt https://ryan-mack.dev/blog/beyond-the-prompt Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT The fear about AI in software engineering is that it replaces engineers. The more immediate risk runs in the opposite direction.