Tech and Literature: Being of Two Worlds in the Age of AI
In which I've made peace with our future robot overlords.
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All the tags I use, listed here as evidence of my impulse to categorize.
- ai (2)
- art (5)
- book review (9)
- career (10)
- children's books (2)
- code-kata (1)
- cooking (1)
- depression (1)
- design (1)
- food (1)
- gear (4)
- horror (1)
- interviewing (2)
- leetcode (1)
- life (7)
- literature (14)
- mfa (1)
- movie review (3)
- parenthood (1)
- peloton (1)
- personal finance (1)
- project (1)
- projects (2)
- sausagehead (1)
- senior-engineers-guide (4)
- software (10)
- tech (4)
- til (1)
- translation (1)
- workshop (1)
- writing (12)
ai
AI and the writing process: Creative catalyst, and sympathy for NaNoWriMo
AI models are tools. Their virtue lies entirely in how we employ them.
art
New project: The Weathered Quill
Sit down and write already...
New project: The Interactive Orrery
A mesmerizing look at the cosmos!
I Don’t Want To Meet My Heroes
They're people? Just like me??? Ugh...
The Ultimate Writing Advice: Write like nobody’s watching
You just gotta let yourself do what you like.
How I met The Prime Minister of Dick and learned how to do my thing
A fervent belief in oneself is infectious.
book review
Book Review: Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell
Musically palatable
Book Review: The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
A surprising buddy cop, Holmes and Watson fantasy
Book Review: Sphere by Michael Crichton
Wonderfully adequate
Book Review: Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Oh my God. Who the hell cares? - Peter Griffin
Book Review: Promise Me You’ll Shoot Yourself by Florian Huber
Unfortunately, sometimes regret only appears once you lose.
Book Review: Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Thanks, but no thanks.
Book Review: A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
This is a book.
Book Review: Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
Maybe some day I'll become Kung Fu Dad too...
Book Review: Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney
I related to this book a little more than I'm comfortable with...
career
The Senior Engineer’s Guide: Document Your Intent - An Anecdote
Holy crap, dude, that's not what I meant!
The Senior Engineer’s Guide: Software Degredation - Part I - E-commerce and Auditability, An Anecdote
Software rots over time like those veggies in the back of your fridge.
Giving up writing: A thought experiment
A casual bar question leads me down a thinky rabbit hole.
The Senior Engineer’s Guide: The Gilded Rose Code Kata
I don't much like the solutions I've seen, so I wrote my own.
The Ultimate Writing Advice: Write like nobody’s watching
You just gotta let yourself do what you like.
A developer journal can help you get your next software engineering job
Or: How I can do myself a favor and stop relying on my terrible memory.
The worth of an MFA program is always going to be a mystery
Is it worth pursuing an MFA?
How I met The Prime Minister of Dick and learned how to do my thing
A fervent belief in oneself is infectious.
Software interviews are kind of messed up
Everyone in the tech industry knows that software engineering interviews are awful and very few companies have done something about it.
Writing as a parent, or how to be good at anything
In which Richard Ford keeps giving bad advice.
children's books
The Giving Tree really stresses me out
This book is for kids???
Depression and bad friend advice in The Pout-Pout Fish
I feel bad for Mr. Fish...
code-kata
The Senior Engineer’s Guide: The Gilded Rose Code Kata
I don't much like the solutions I've seen, so I wrote my own.
cooking
How am I supposed to function if I can’t even make a couple eggs?
I just want to eat some over-easy eggs without feeling like I'm being poisoned.
depression
Depression and bad friend advice in The Pout-Pout Fish
I feel bad for Mr. Fish...
design
Apparently my wired headphones are technically wireless…
Sneaky sneaky sneaky...
food
YAML keeps my recipes looking nice
I really just want to find ways to make my life easier.
gear
How am I supposed to function if I can’t even make a couple eggs?
I just want to eat some over-easy eggs without feeling like I'm being poisoned.
A nice pen and a cheap notebook are all I need
Notebook paralysis is a diagnosable medical condition.
My Thoughts on the Framework Laptop
It's a computer!
Apparently my wired headphones are technically wireless…
Sneaky sneaky sneaky...
horror
Movie Review: Hereditary: So messed up, so awesome
Holy crap, what an experience!
interviewing
A developer journal can help you get your next software engineering job
Or: How I can do myself a favor and stop relying on my terrible memory.
Software interviews are kind of messed up
Everyone in the tech industry knows that software engineering interviews are awful and very few companies have done something about it.
leetcode
Software interviews are kind of messed up
Everyone in the tech industry knows that software engineering interviews are awful and very few companies have done something about it.
life
How am I supposed to function if I can’t even make a couple eggs?
I just want to eat some over-easy eggs without feeling like I'm being poisoned.
Tech and Literature: Being of Two Worlds in the Age of AI
In which I've made peace with our future robot overlords.
I Don’t Want To Meet My Heroes
They're people? Just like me??? Ugh...
Giving up writing: A thought experiment
A casual bar question leads me down a thinky rabbit hole.
The Giving Tree really stresses me out
This book is for kids???
The Ultimate Writing Advice: Write like nobody’s watching
You just gotta let yourself do what you like.
How I met The Prime Minister of Dick and learned how to do my thing
A fervent belief in oneself is infectious.
literature
Book Review: Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell
Musically palatable
Book Review: The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
A surprising buddy cop, Holmes and Watson fantasy
Book Review: Sphere by Michael Crichton
Wonderfully adequate
Book Review: Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Oh my God. Who the hell cares? - Peter Griffin
Book Review: Promise Me You’ll Shoot Yourself by Florian Huber
Unfortunately, sometimes regret only appears once you lose.
Book Review: Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Thanks, but no thanks.
Book Review: A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
This is a book.
Book Review: Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
Maybe some day I'll become Kung Fu Dad too...
The Giving Tree really stresses me out
This book is for kids???
Book Review: Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney
I related to this book a little more than I'm comfortable with...
The Ultimate Writing Advice: Write like nobody’s watching
You just gotta let yourself do what you like.
How I met The Prime Minister of Dick and learned how to do my thing
A fervent belief in oneself is infectious.
Depression and bad friend advice in The Pout-Pout Fish
I feel bad for Mr. Fish...
What does it mean to translate?
Translation depends more on how well you know English than it does on how well you know your source language.
mfa
The worth of an MFA program is always going to be a mystery
Is it worth pursuing an MFA?
movie review
Movie Review: Freaks
X-Men without boarding schools.
TV Review: Interior Chinatown: More than a rehash
I wish more authors exerted this much influence on their movie and TV adaptations.
Movie Review: Hereditary: So messed up, so awesome
Holy crap, what an experience!
parenthood
Writing as a parent, or how to be good at anything
In which Richard Ford keeps giving bad advice.
peloton
Software interviews are kind of messed up
Everyone in the tech industry knows that software engineering interviews are awful and very few companies have done something about it.
personal finance
The worth of an MFA program is always going to be a mystery
Is it worth pursuing an MFA?
project
New Project: I Ching - The Book of Change
I love using the I Ching as a meditation tool. You should give it a try!
projects
New project: The Weathered Quill
Sit down and write already...
New project: The Interactive Orrery
A mesmerizing look at the cosmos!
sausagehead
How I met The Prime Minister of Dick and learned how to do my thing
A fervent belief in oneself is infectious.
senior-engineers-guide
The Senior Engineer’s Guide: Document Your Intent - An Anecdote
Holy crap, dude, that's not what I meant!
The Senior Engineer’s Guide: Software Degredation - Part I - E-commerce and Auditability, An Anecdote
Software rots over time like those veggies in the back of your fridge.
The Senior Engineer’s Guide: The Gilded Rose Code Kata
I don't much like the solutions I've seen, so I wrote my own.
A developer journal can help you get your next software engineering job
Or: How I can do myself a favor and stop relying on my terrible memory.
software
New project: The Weathered Quill
Sit down and write already...
New project: The Interactive Orrery
A mesmerizing look at the cosmos!
The Senior Engineer’s Guide: Document Your Intent - An Anecdote
Holy crap, dude, that's not what I meant!
The Senior Engineer’s Guide: Software Degredation - Part I - E-commerce and Auditability, An Anecdote
Software rots over time like those veggies in the back of your fridge.
YAML keeps my recipes looking nice
I really just want to find ways to make my life easier.
The Senior Engineer’s Guide: The Gilded Rose Code Kata
I don't much like the solutions I've seen, so I wrote my own.
New Project: I Ching - The Book of Change
I love using the I Ching as a meditation tool. You should give it a try!
A developer journal can help you get your next software engineering job
Or: How I can do myself a favor and stop relying on my terrible memory.
How I met The Prime Minister of Dick and learned how to do my thing
A fervent belief in oneself is infectious.
Software interviews are kind of messed up
Everyone in the tech industry knows that software engineering interviews are awful and very few companies have done something about it.
tech
New project: The Weathered Quill
Sit down and write already...
Tech and Literature: Being of Two Worlds in the Age of AI
In which I've made peace with our future robot overlords.
New project: The Interactive Orrery
A mesmerizing look at the cosmos!
My Thoughts on the Framework Laptop
It's a computer!
til
Apparently my wired headphones are technically wireless…
Sneaky sneaky sneaky...
translation
What does it mean to translate?
Translation depends more on how well you know English than it does on how well you know your source language.
workshop
Good readers make better writers - guidelines for critiquing work from your peers (and yourself!)
The practice of reading and critiquing is essential to improving your own skill as a writer.
writing
A nice pen and a cheap notebook are all I need
Notebook paralysis is a diagnosable medical condition.
New project: The Weathered Quill
Sit down and write already...
Tech and Literature: Being of Two Worlds in the Age of AI
In which I've made peace with our future robot overlords.
I Don’t Want To Meet My Heroes
They're people? Just like me??? Ugh...
Giving up writing: A thought experiment
A casual bar question leads me down a thinky rabbit hole.
The Ultimate Writing Advice: Write like nobody’s watching
You just gotta let yourself do what you like.
Good readers make better writers - guidelines for critiquing work from your peers (and yourself!)
The practice of reading and critiquing is essential to improving your own skill as a writer.
AI and the writing process: Creative catalyst, and sympathy for NaNoWriMo
AI models are tools. Their virtue lies entirely in how we employ them.
The worth of an MFA program is always going to be a mystery
Is it worth pursuing an MFA?
How I met The Prime Minister of Dick and learned how to do my thing
A fervent belief in oneself is infectious.
Writing as a parent, or how to be good at anything
In which Richard Ford keeps giving bad advice.
What does it mean to translate?
Translation depends more on how well you know English than it does on how well you know your source language.