Can the Cloud Be Disrupted With AI?
Will AWS/GCP/Azure reign supreme post-AGI?
Diverging Run
A personal website of musings & contemplations from Shaker
Latest posts
Historians will HATE Encryption
How will future generations learn about their past?
My AI Wishlist
General whimsy on what would make AI more fun
AI Coding Milestones I'm Looking Forward To
Since SWE-Bench isn't reliable anymore, what's next?
Claude Design is Real Design
Design is due for its Opus 4.5 moment
Gig Workers Should Not Be Employees. They Deserve Better.
In the US, we have three types of workers: full-time, part-time, and independent contractor. It’s time we create a fourth that's crafted for gig workers.
10 Things I Hate About SQL
Let’s clear the air quick— SQL is awesome. It’s the most consistently used query language for well over two decades. There’s a …
Databases with Change Data Capture
Which DB’s can stream changes easily
Conversations, Not Debates
It’s not always about winning — let’s put aside the competition and start learning from each other instead
How Does Rails (and Rack) Parse Form Variables?
While writing my post about working with JSON columns, I got into a rabbit hole of how Rails actually parses form variables. Most of the functionality …
Rails Forms, JSON Columns, and Nested Parameters
Looks like you’ve decided to use a JSON column for your PostgreSQL (or in MySQL 5.7.8!) database. There are lots of reasons why developers end up …
Fear the Beard
On January 7th, 2015, two men shocked the world by forcing their way into the offices of a French satirical newspaper called Charlie Hebdo and shooting the employees. I remember that …
The Only Beating Drum
As Ramadan comes to a close, I have no doubt that I've grown in this past month. Day in and day out I watch everyone around me munch their…