The chronicles of a webmaster: A stream of consciousness on technology, creativity, and a random series of events.
It's been a lifetime since I last thought about balancing aperture with shutter speed under the constraints of ISO. Photography was a big part of my early twenties. It ended twice over in the same season: I partitioned the only external drive holding my digital shots to install Linux and formatted the whole thing by mistake, and I sold my Canon EOS 20D, lens, and speedlight to cover the fees on my…
I've been through burnout before, but something is different this time. AI didn't burn me out. It just took away the place I used to hide. View Post
deep in the gold rush hoard enough for the after training what eats you ↺
On token economics, the cost of defaulting to the top of the hierarchy, and the moment your most agreeable collaborator turns out to have been on a payroll. View Post
This post is part of RSS Club — only visible in RSS readers. Two records I wanted, two that found me. One of them is a children's orchestral album. No regrets. View Post
There was always a plugin, a gem, a package, a library. Now you can prompt your custom library into existence, and I'm not sure what that makes me. View Post
This post is part of RSS Club — only visible in RSS readers. I ran fnhipster.com through the SaaSpocalypse Survival Scanner. It wrote my replacement in 29 lines of markdown. View Post
We went from fearing AI to depending on it in three years. How long before we send it where we can't go? View Post
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On September 26, 1983, a Soviet officer broke protocol and prevented nuclear war. Forty-three years later, the Pentagon is demanding the right to remove the safeguard that saved us: a human in the loop. View Post
The Guy Fawkes mask became the face of faceless rebellion. WikiLeaks exposed war crimes. Anonymous hit the CIA. Then it went quiet. In the middle of the biggest government cover-up in modern history, the hackers are silent. The ethos didn't die. It was acquired. The rebels became consultants, the underground became an industry. View Post
Tech leaders with the resources to resist authoritarianism are choosing complicity instead. View Post
comfort stale and numb frowsy prospect worthy break bootstrap… breath… engage.
Large language models (LLMs) are powerful tools that can enhance productivity but are fundamentally limited by their probabilistic nature and reliance on user input. While they offer speed and scalability, users must remain vigilant, exercising critical thinking, judgment, and ethical oversight to ensure the responsible use of these tools. The responsibility for the output and its implications…
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As screens replaced buttons and gestures replaced knobs, we gained convenience but lost something else: tactility, trust, and control. In this post, I explore the quiet return of physical interfaces and what it reveals about the evolving relationship between humans and technology. View Post
inexorable silly recursive looming a bloom… miscompiled ⚘
An Instagram story unexpectedly snapped me out of a doom-scrolling trance. That brief moment sparked a broader reflection on how short-form content and AI have conditioned us to bypass the struggle in favor of speed and self-affirmation. View Post
A reflection on authorship, AI collaboration, and what happens when the "I" gets quietly automated. View Post
can't boot safely the world halts and catches fire rollback... try again.
This year, we're returning to Adobe Summit with more than just promises—we're bringing fully composable commerce. Storefront Builder, Adobe Commerce SaaS, and Adobe Commerce Optimizer are ready for showtime. View Post
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The biggest giveaway of AI-generated text is its tendency to organize responses into structured sections—especially when the breakdown feels redundant as it continues. I see it all the time, even in answers given by candidates during job interviews. Now, there’s this notion that using em dashes is another sign of AI-generated content. Well, I’ll be damned. I can't ignore how often they appear in…
This post is part of RSS Club — only visible in RSS readers. Reverse-searing picanha is the best way to achieve perfect doneness with a rich, smoky flavor and a beautifully seared crust. Dry-brine with salt and pepper for 24 hours, then smoke it low and slow at 225°F until it reaches 120°F internally. Let it rest, slice it into steaks, and sear over high heat for a deep brown crust. The result? A…
don't look at the sun we're caught in the undertow we're still dreaming… run.
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I've been on a special journey in Adobe, developing our new Commerce Drop-in Components for Edge Delivery Services for Commerce . "Adobe Commerce drop-in components are full-featured, domain-specific shopping components designed for seamless integrations through predictable APIs. They include functional user interfaces for pages such as product details, shopping carts, checkout flows, user…