P.C. Maffey

I write about ideas.

Latest posts

Part 1: Scared and excited

Jan 18, 2026

A little Saturday morning project

Dec 11, 2025

A case for abandoning web analytics

Sep 14, 2023

Software as a mod on awareness

Jan 24, 2022

Where utility ends and beauty begins

Apr 27, 2021

A 100-year framework for investing in knowledge (to avoid climate disaster)

Oct 21, 2020

On logic, empathy, and the unknown

Jun 22, 2020

Ruminations on outsourcing our values

Oct 22, 2019

What I do when I'm stuck

May 28, 2019

How to build a free, privacy-focused alternative to Google Analytics

Mar 13, 2019