On using spec-driven development and agent swarms

Initial experiments in search of the elusive order-of-magnitude productivity boost.

published 2026-03-19

AGENTS.md as a dark signal

Is an AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md file in a repo a sign of possibly poor code quality?

published 2026-01-22

Samhain 2022

A reflection about nature and its place in our lives.

published 2022-10-31

Personal backups and file archival

How to organize terabytes of personal data, for fun and definitely not profit!

published 2022-09-17

Protecting yourself online: a primer for most people

Technology plays a central role in our lives, and our governments will leverage it any way they can to enforce their agendas. Learn to cover your tracks.

published 2022-07-02

Finite and Infinite Games

A summary of the book by James P. Carse.

published 2022-05-22

Initial notes about SSB

Some initial thoughts and tips regarding Secure Scuttlebutt after using it for a few weeks.

published 2022-04-27

A brief Scuttlebutt anecdote

An encouraging experience with SSB's moderation features

published 2022-04-08

My favorite music of 2021

My year in music for 2021.

published 2021-12-27

Recent inspiration, Thanksgiving edition

Links to things that have given me inspiration, revelation or joy lately. Thanksgiving 2021 edition.

published 2021-11-24

Recent inspiration

Links to things that have given me inspiration, revelation or joy lately. May 2021 edition.

published 2021-05-29

The best kind of social media

Do our social media habits scale well in our brains? Are there alternative ways to find connection and ideas online that scale better?

published 2021-04-05

Recent inspiration

Links to things that have given me inspiration, revelation or joy lately.

published 2021-03-21

My favorite music of 2020

My year in music for 2020, in no particular order.

published 2020-12-31

Building a NAS with a Raspberry Pi

Or: why you maybe shouldn't build your own NAS.

published 2020-11-22

Digital freedom

Big technology companies are profiting on our private data and altering our emotions. How do we fix this?

published 2020-10-10

What am I doing here?

Divesting from social media and owning my own data.

published 2020-10-04