Hi there, I'm Justin

I'm a software engineer, and writer. I believe that the best solutions come from connecting ideas across disciplines.

Topics I've written about so far include software design and UX, media messaging, improving your decision making, and work in the age of LLMs.

I'm particularly interested in exploring how history can help us navigate the present, and how we can pair systems thinking with design to live better.

If something I've posted resonates, I'd love to hear from you at hello@sjustintaylor.me.

Recent Posts

• Prove you are a bad writer

  Published: 1 Jul, 2025 |  at  12:04 PM

  In my free time, I play around with writing fiction. It’s a lot like gardening - I collect interesting ideas, come up with unique worlds, and plots. Thus far, it’s mostly been a vehicle for fuelling my imagination rather than anything that produces a finished draft. It’s been on my list to actually sit down and write out a short story with some of my world building.

• The scaling laws of software design

  Published: 3 Jun, 2025 |  at  12:04 PM

  At my usual Saturday rock climbing/brain trust meeting, the topic of software complexity came up. It occurred to me that the square/cube scaling law applies equally well to software engineering as it does to living things.

• Specialist vs generalist in the age of AI

  Published: 13 May, 2025 |  at  12:04 PM

  I was recently asked an interesting question regarding AI and software development - is it better to specialise, or become a better generalist? The short answer is neither – the frame around the question is too specific to be useful as a guide.

• Work the problem

  Published: 1 May, 2025 |  at  12:04 PM

  I've noticed that my decision making could do with a tune up. It takes both mindset and process to drive the best circumstance to overcome the problems in front of us. The right mindset is one of optimism - we rarely see the entire picture, and thus do not have enough information to be pessimistic.