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AI-Considerate Architecture

When working with AI coding tools, it’s best to keep naming and structure small, tight, and repetitive. To paraphrase Rob Pike, a little duplication is better than a little dependency. Here, it might be more accurate to say that a lot of duplication is better than any dependency, especially

Timeline View for Slack

Slack has an activity tab and a DM tab. I constantly have to switch between them, often losing track of what's in which. What I need in practice is a view that places direct messages, thread replies and reactions into a unified, chronological timeline view.

Captive Portal

You're forced to use the tech, and deep down, you resent it. You were promised convenience, but it's delivered through inconvenient means. Tools that trick and manipulate you, that do less than advertised, and boy do they advertise. Popups nag you to pay for what you

The Well-Intentioned AI

For the past month, I’ve been experimenting with ChatGPT, using the same chat session for a variety of topics. I wanted to see how well it retained context, expecting it to remember past interactions like an ongoing conversation. But to my surprise, I eventually hit a message limit. A

I Started Using a Standalone Voice Recorder Today

I know my phone has an app for that. It has better recording quality. It’s always with me. But every time I open my phone to record a memo, I'm pulled in a dozen different directions. Notifications, messages, and who knows what else. Sometimes I forget why

If You're There and I'm Here, Who's Steering?

You didn't vote for how technology shapes your life. But here you are, governed by its rules. This isn't inevitable. This is steerability. You might wonder if our actions can truly shape technology. Skeptics might argue outcomes are inevitable or too complex to control, but recent

Behavioural Patterns are the New Skin Colour

In a system that can't see you, your behavioural patterns become the things that are used to discriminate against you. That's all a digital system can really know about you. Physical attributes don't mean anything in a digital world, things like your ethnicity, gender,

AI Chat UX Sux

As it stands, the user experience of AI chat is limited by an overly simplified interface. Chat works well for a single line of thought, but it needs to sit within a larger UI framework to support more complex thinking. I’ve accumulated a few ideas on how to improve

I Started This Blog Today

I recorded my first post idea as a voice memo. I sat down to transcribe my thoughts into text, but first, I put on some music to help get into the flow. Now I can't listen to the voice memo without the music being cut off. It'