Tag: Essay
Putting this blog on ATProto with standard.site
Mirroring a static Hugo blog onto ATProto with standard.site and Sequoia, plus the GitHub Actions wiring that republishes the records on every push without any manual steps.
If you won't carry the pager, maybe don't push to mainline
Drive-by AI changes break the shared model a team builds around its code, and the ICs end up cleaning up the mess. Why pushing to mainline should come with the pager.
I used AI. It worked. I hated it.
I used Claude Code to build a tool I needed. It worked great, but I was miserable. I need to reckon with what it means.
Käsebrot ist ein gutes Brot
Nach dem Sandwich, das ich hier gezeigt habe, dachte ich eigentlich, dass auch mal eine Variante mit Käse ganz nett wäre.Aber dabei gibt es einen Haken, ich komme nicht über das "normale" Käsebrot hinaus. Naja und wie schon Helge Schneider sang "Käsebrot ist ein gutes Brot", es steht einfach für sich. Allenfalls ein paar Scheiben...
California's Age Assurance Lacuna
California's Digital Age Assurance Act presents new headaches and concerns for operating system maintainers and app developers. But is it the catastrophe some claim?
Control
Ultimately, the cloud and AI industries are about robbing you of computing power and selling it back at exorbitant rents.
Control
Ultimately, the cloud and AI industries are about robbing you of computing power and selling it back at exorbitant rents.
Control
Ultimately, the cloud and AI industries are about robbing you of computing power and selling it back at exorbitant rents.
Control
Ultimately, the cloud and AI industries are about robbing you of computing power and selling it back at exorbitant rents.
To Continue with Hope
Writing about the state of the world as a cusp Millennial/Gen Z that grew up in the optimistic Obama era, contrasting that with what today holds for us.
Introducing Ringspace: A Proposal for the Human Web
For months, I've been working on a project to demonstrate how we can preserve humanity on the web. It's finally ready for testing.
Introducing Ringspace: A Proposal for the Human Web
For months, I've been working on a project to demonstrate how we can preserve humanity on the web. It's finally ready for testing.
Introducing Ringspace: A Proposal for the Human Web
For months, I've been working on a project to demonstrate how we can preserve humanity on the web. It's finally ready for testing.
Introducing Ringspace: A Proposal for the Human Web
For months, I've been working on a project to demonstrate how we can preserve humanity on the web. It's finally ready for testing.
The Mozilla Cycle, Part III: Mozilla Dies in Ignominy
Mozilla's new strategy document confirms their position, and the end of their stewardship of the open web.
The Mozilla Cycle, Part III: Mozilla Dies in Ignominy
Mozilla's new strategy document confirms their position, and the end of their stewardship of the open web.
The Mozilla Cycle, Part III: Mozilla Dies in Ignominy
Mozilla's new strategy document confirms their position, and the end of their stewardship of the open web.
The Mozilla Cycle, Part III: Mozilla Dies in Ignominy
Mozilla's new strategy document confirms their position, and the end of their stewardship of the open web.
Faith
Generative AI answers prayers. That's why we should be terrified of it.
Faith
Generative AI answers prayers. That's why we should be terrified of it.
Faith
Generative AI answers prayers. That's why we should be terrified of it.
Faith
Generative AI answers prayers. That's why we should be terrified of it.
The Tyranny of False Positives
It's time to move beyond true/false, positive/negative.
The Tyranny of False Positives
It's time to move beyond true/false, positive/negative.
The Tyranny of False Positives
It's time to move beyond true/false, positive/negative.
The Tyranny of False Positives
It's time to move beyond true/false, positive/negative.
Age Verification Laws: Are the New Social Networks Different, Or Not At All?
Bluesky and Mastodon have drastically different perception on Age Verification Laws: either just as the Big Tech platforms, or so different to be out of scope for the laws.
Welcome to Connected Places
Fediverse Report has relaunched as Connected Places!
For Mom, One Year Later
It's been a year since my mother passed away. I wrote her eulogy, and I'd like to share it with you so she is remembered.
For Mom, One Year Later
It's been a year since my mother passed away. I wrote her eulogy, and I'd like to share it with you so she is remembered.
For Mom, One Year Later
It's been a year since my mother passed away. I wrote her eulogy, and I'd like to share it with you so she is remembered.
For Mom, One Year Later
It's been a year since my mother passed away. I wrote her eulogy, and I'd like to share it with you so she is remembered.
Decentralisation as a mental framework
In the Fediverse and Bluesky decentralisation is a very relevant shared mental framework. Communities take on a shared mental framework to understand a technology. This essay shares some thoughts on this shared framework