The Myth of the AI Rowan
Stripped of environmental context, the AI simply hallucinates sophisticated solutions to phantom problems. The code compiles, it runs, and it lies.
Flavio de Sousa
Learning BASIC since 1981
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.
Reinventing Unix?
Somebody who deleted himself posted this comment about another Microservices craze critique. I reproduced it below for the sake of hoarding:
"Those who do not understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it,
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.