I can't quantify it yet, but there's a de-tech-ing going on, it's more of a gut-feel thing. After a generation of tech-natives, the knowledge of how tech works has become ubiquitous. That ubiquity of knowledge is planting the seed of change. How that change

I've thought of AI models as a lossily compressed version of the internet for a while, though I hadn't named it as such. Recently, Simon Willison coined a phrase that may more aptly capture the idea I've been circling. Lossy encyclopediaSince I love collecting

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. Core Definition AI-considerate architecture is a structural and naming approach that: * Keeps context small and meaningful * Aligns naming with

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.

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 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

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

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,

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