Tag: essays
Orwell's Six Rules for Writing
Clear prose as a defense against vague and dishonest thought
The Aesthetics of Code
We can describe code that works. We struggle to describe code that's good. This is an attempt at the difference.
Kenah Cusanits Essay „Senatore Cappelli“
Cover des Buchs "Senatore Cappelli" Beim Suchen von Weihnachtsgeschenken für meine Familie bin ich in der Buchhandlung Moser auf ein – demonstrativ – unscheinbares Bändchen gestoßen: Senatore Cappelli von Kenah Cusanit (2025). Ich habe es gekauft, obwohl, oder: weil ich aus dem Text auf der Rückseite und auch beim erstern Hineinlesen nicht erkennen konnte, um...
The Feed Never Stops: On the Developer Anxiety That Never Goes Away
The anxiety that you're not keeping up isn't a personal failing - it's the predictable result of measuring yourself against a target that has never existed.
Censorship or Protection?
An essay on the new wave of “online safety bills”
Garmin Vivoactive 4 with Home Assistant
I wanted to control my smart home from my Garmin Vivoactive 4 but there wasn't a direct way. I found an app called APICall that lets my watch call webhooks. Home Assistant worked better than the Google Assistant integration I originally planned, and I was able to set it up in under 10 minutes using Docker. Now I can control things like Spotify playback with my watch using APICall and Home Assistant!