Posts

• Zombie subscriptions

  Apr 05, 2025
  I recently had what I’m terming a “zombie subscription” experience. I had forgotten to cancel a service for a to-do app. The service renewed and...

• Abstract cartography for skill acquisition

  Mar 20, 2025
  I’ve been doing some deliberate engagement with my learning process lately. One of my goals for 2025 is to build several personal projects with Ruby...

• The game is yours to lose

  Feb 09, 2025
  Recently, I’ve been making an attempt to drive calmer. It’s all fun and games when you’re throwing knife hands and cursing like Mushu at the...

• Email as a user interface

  Feb 01, 2025
  Email is one of the internet’s foundational user interfaces. Almost everyone on the internet who might use a service can be assumed to have one....

• App Not Required

  Jan 23, 2025
  Many developers assume incorrectly that the best solution to a user’s problem is another app. This fails to account for the second and third order...

• Building better software

  Dec 21, 2024
  “Technology always develops from the primitive, via the complicated, to the simple.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry This post has come about from several weeks of...

• The Lies of the Mainstream Media

  Dec 01, 2024
  “Let’s put stupid out of it because saying someone is stupid is not explanatory. Saying they are stupid means you write off understanding their reasoning.”...