Matthew Tift — Wise Action
Matthew Tift — Wise Action
Matthew Tift
I build websites with Drupal and other Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS). I teach yoga and meditation. I like to write about both.
Latest Posts
When the Mind Stops Updating mtift Fri, 05/15/2026 - 08:14 There’s a new large language model (LLM) on the block, and it got me thinking about why I practice meditation.The model is called Talkie, and it’s not like the other models....
Goblins in the Machine and Goblins in the Mind Monster by one of my kids. Its name is ghost. mtift Wed, 05/13/2026 - 18:30 GPT had a goblin problem. Yep, you read that right. The model kept mentioning goblins and other creatures in its...
Contentment with Markdown mtift Mon, 05/11/2026 - 15:33 If one tool can make the work look more exciting, why choose a different tool that makes the work look basic?Last week, Thariq Shihipar, who works on Claude Code at Anthropic,...
AI, Slot Machines, and Other Kinds of Happiness mtift Fri, 05/08/2026 - 08:54 A lot of AI products, when you strip away the hype, are happiness machines. Feed them your mood and they give you something back, such as a great playlist, a...
Caring about Software, Caring about People mtift Wed, 05/06/2026 - 08:36 What if caring about software is one way to care about people?The most thought-provoking talk I attended at Minnebar on Saturday was Paul Cantrell’s “What tech...
Before the Incident Report: How We Are Collaborative mtift Mon, 05/04/2026 - 15:03 (This article was originally published on Drupal.org.)At DrupalCon Chicago, the Driesnote included a visualization with “community” as one of the three...
Living at Ease mtift Tue, 04/14/2026 - 08:31 At the end of my yoga classes, I say a lot of things. Be kind in your thoughts, speech, and actions. Take care of yourself and the people around you. May you find peace.And then I say...
Using AI Without Compromising Our Values Photo by Curt Rochon, DrupalCon Chicago 2026. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 mtift Mon, 04/06/2026 - 06:56 Do my values need to change at the speed of AI?I fully admit that I went into DrupalCon...
The Quiet Room at DrupalCon mtift Sat, 03/28/2026 - 10:05 At DrupalCon Chicago this past week, Dries (the founder of Drupal) borrowed an idea from Fred Rogers. When Rogers received a lifetime achievement award at the Emmys, he stopped...
Noble Friends and Free Software Communities mtift Sat, 03/21/2026 - 08:24 In yoga and meditation communities, there’s a concept called kalyāna-mittatā, or noble friendship. The Buddha considered it so important that he called it the...
Finding Your Dharma or Living the Dharma? mtift Tue, 03/10/2026 - 07:52 The No Kings protest is coming up again. You may have heard about it, and perhaps you feel some pressure to attend. In the past, I organized groups to go, so people...
Finding the Right Meditation Without Getting Lost Along the Way mtift Wed, 02/25/2026 - 08:13 Someone told me recently that he had been going through a difficult period. He said he had probably heard my voice more than his wife’s because...
If Not Now, Then When? mtift Mon, 02/16/2026 - 05:50 If we can’t be happy now, then when?Waiting for life to calm down sounds tempting. After the conflict ends. After the health scare passes. After the news improves. That day isn’t...
Walk for Peace Photo courtesy of Walk for Peace mtift Tue, 01/20/2026 - 05:43 As the Theravada Buddhist monk Thānissaro Bhikkhu observed recently, “ill will seems to be in fashion.” The world is watching in horror as people here in...
Practicing Contentment on Hard Days mtift Mon, 01/12/2026 - 08:05 I try and live the yamas and niyamas, yoga’s ethical principles. It’s not the only framework I turn to, but it’s often the place I start.Lately, my attention keeps...