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Literally anyone can use AI to blindly make a thing. What will differentiate you is how you demonstrate an ability to use it critically. It’s a tool, and just like any other tool it’s going to be good at some things and fail miserably at...
Damp and overcast for the dawn chorus, which includes the accelerating buzz of a black-throated blue warbler, and a yellow-throated vireo slurring his syllables. The hidden sunrise gets noted, as usual, by a crow.
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger's The Enthusiast is that novel! It's even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! B.C., 4/30/26 I...
AI has fundamentally transformed my developer workflow, from stack choices and IDE preferences to how git is used. I using Claude and orchestration tools like Maestro to guide implementation while tests serve as guardrails.
30 April 2026 We’re used to watching out for pests while turning over the soil but here’s one you may not recognize. Asian jumping worms (Amynthas agrestis) are an invasive species that writhe and jump unlike our relatively placid...
There’s a line from Game of Thrones that has stayed with me over the years. Ned Stark said “the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword.” A brutal image. But an important lesson nonetheless. Ned made sure that if he condemned...
Ok, gamers, this one is for you. RPG It is a gamer’s moon you must strategiseroutes past alleyways where sprues from bad intentlay strewn, enemies lurk, and beforeclouds cover the moon. Where are your maidens? Bring out your dames,bait...
After my previous post about why we accept human errors but are harsher on machines, two longtime readers and pillars of the resilience engineering community reached out to point out the error of my ways. Courtney Nash of the Resilience...
Frederick Forsyth Extremely drawn out planning and background story of an overthrow of an African leader. Most of the action is in the final chapters. I enjoyed it but found it a little overly detailed and wondered when the action...
If you’re anything like me, the recent wave of dual-screen retro handhelds feels like a return to the Nintendo DS era. You pick up something like the AYN Thor and, for a moment, it all clicks! Two displays, stacked, full of potential....
I said yesterday that we have a recent trend of small projects winning Lucy Moses awards. The second project that won an award this year where we were involved is quite large, but our role was small: the restoration of the stained glass...