Climate Map
I built an interactive map tracing how climate change has shaped human migration, from the Bronze Age Collapse to the Dark Ages, for the Contra x Figma Makeathon.
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Challenges
I've been searching for a way to be consistently creative with tiny projects, isolated little explorations where I can design and code a small fun bit. I knew about Codepen for a long while, using it as my go to web design inspo hub, but I've ingreaned getting to it through search that I've shamefully neglected the rest of the platform. Both the trending tab and the challenges. Well no more. I'm…
Too Much 🫠😵💫
On Bespoke Fasting I have a lot on my mind recently. Overwhelmed by all the things I’m trying to do. Learning and doing too much. My reach exceeds my grasp. All the time. I'm sick of it! Which explains why I manage to do most none of it. I know the fast I must commit to, if I’m ever to rise above my predicaments. I must starve myself of the news, YouTube videos, alcohol and people pleasing. I’ll…
Green With Envy
Lately my reactions have been getting uglier. Disgusting emotions are flooding me, especially the jade kind. Seeing people successful in a field I wish to be, even one I haven’t actually done any work in fills me up with darkness and longing. I suffer from both sides: Wishing success/knowledge/interest in too many areas (My Reach Exceeds My Grasp); Feeling like a failure for not having done the…
Hacker News Famous - AI Coding is Gambling
I ended up on hacker news and got my biggest blog traffic spike through the weekend and I only noticed it 3 days later. A very me story. I thought I'd respond to the ~500 comments it got, most of which do not call me an idiot. Managerial Gambling A lot of people are focused on how most of life is gambling. A manager giving a developer a developer a task can be described as gambling, because the…
AI Coding is Gambling
I’ve been coding a lot with AI since November, when we all noticed it got really good . And it is quite good for instantly generating something that looks half decent. Impressive even, until you look closer. The actual details, the individual parts that make a system are still a challenge. But I'm not here to review a coding agent or nitpick it's output. Nor will I expound on how I left Claude…
Popular Software
I am regularly amazed at the most popular software. The stuff hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people use everyday. Most of it truly sucks. It sucks so bad that I wonder why normal people use technology in the first place. Is life that bad? Where staring at Facebook for hours seems like a good use of time? But I want to specifically focus on productivity software. We’re told to learn and…
Noted Mess
My current productivity setup is a mess. I use far too many - often overlapping services. Some of which I fail to open for weeks. The full rundown is: UpNote: Notes; Todoist: Tasks; Raindrop: Bookmarks; Instapaper: Read Later; Sound good in theory, but I often have overlap. For instance, where do I place something I want to check on another device? If it’s a link, I often go to Todoist, because…
Automation Fears
We’ve been convinced that automation will take our jobs for as long as it’s exited. But what actually happens is a lot weirder. Here are 3 possibilities: 1. Changes Existing Job Our jobs are enhanced by a new machine. Trivial tasks we used to do regularly (depositing money, checking user account balance) now becomes a special case. Our time gets freed to focus on more important things (loan…
Forgiveness Day
A day of the year where you reconcile with your loved ones. You ask forgiveness of your elders first, they forgive and ask to be forgiven in kind. You receive a gift from them as well. It’s a beautiful day that reminds us to be kind, reflect on the mistakes we’ve done and let go of the slights we’ve been dealt. I understand and actively practice forgiving people. It can be hard, but it’s…