The Myth of the AI Rowan
We treat AI like Rowan from A Message to Garcia—expecting it to navigate a reality it cannot see. Why our blind spot for our own tacit context turns expensive compute into wasted engineering time.
The Ultimate Abstraction
For 80 years, we stacked abstractions just to manage the machine. Now, human language is the code. But when we stop auditing the output, the middle layers vanish. The circle finally closes: back to pure binary and raw, unadulterated power.
The Sin of Set
Setters. The most ubiquitous anti-pattern, and the least talked about.
The best language for writing “Hello World!”
What is the most concise programming language possible? Some say Python, others swear by Ruby, or even APL siblings like J and K. But why settle for a single line of code when you could use… none? Meet HelloWorlder! Because if you’re going to be lazy, you might as well be professional about it.