Thoughts about things, probably grossly overthunk.
Layoffs are a Hype Cycle - And We Love Hype Cycles
Cycles in the Tech Industry Boy, do we love trends in tech. I mean… we love trends in tech. I’m old enough to remember desktop publishing, and client-server networks. I remember when the LAN was the thing. Then the World Wide Web ushered in a brand new wave of connectivity, and …
Hyperbolic Headlines and AI security
The Sky(net) Is Falling! The news broke yesterday that there was a security incident involving OpenAI and Huggingface. …
Value and Business - a digression
The thinking of systems Sometimes in the 1970s, an idea caught fire in the US. It originated in an essay published in …
Testing is Engineering
Programming isn’t really engineering This Ruby project has been very enjoyable. I’ve been getting my hands dirty …
Fighting Entropy
Wherein the writer learns how to polish mud There’s an arts and crafts thing in Japan and now the rest of the world that …
It's Always September Somewhere
One of my side projects is maintaining a really cool resource: Fishes of Georgia. It’s a directory of all of the known …
Liner Notes - My Redesign Sticking Point
The End of the Beginning I wrote the last post as I was getting ready to ship the new design. I ran into a devil of a …
A Fresh Start
Pardon the Mess - Under construction. When I decided to restart my website, I fell back into old design styles and …