The Typing Pool
A finite brain masters only a few skills in a lifetime. Commanding a machine that learned everything is the new skill multiplier.
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Things You Want to Do
Now that you don't have to do the thing — what do you actually want to do? The closing post of the What's Left series.
What You Had to Do
A department of a hundred writers documented mainframe billing programs. Every one of them had something else they'd rather be doing. They knew.
The VAX in My Pocket
My first employer ran Florida's telecom on millions of dollars of mainframes and VAX clusters. My phone outclasses all of it. We never stopped to notice.
The Consolation of Difficulty
A late friend had two sayings. The first one gets you started. The second one keeps you going. In the age of AI, the second one has gotten more useful, not less.
Perfect Moments in an Imperfect Universe
Exploring how Leonard Nimoy's garden wisdom transcends Thomas Sowell's "no solutions, only tradeoffs" to find meaning in an indifferent universe.
Digital Sewage Treatment: The Unglamorous Future of AI
As frontier models exhaust clean data sources, learn why digital sewage treatment systems for enterprise data will become the most critical and valuable AI infrastructure.
The Magic of Discovery: Early Computing Memories
A personal reflection on encountering computers for the first time in the 1970s and the lasting impact of those early moments of technological wonder.
The Last Programming Language I'll Ever Learn
After 40 years and dozens of programming languages, I haven't written a single line of code this year. Not because I've retired, but because I've learned my final language: English.
Frappe in the US Market: Challenges and Opportunities
Explore the challenges and opportunities of introducing Frappe Framework and ERPNext-based solutions like Epinomy to the US market. Discover how Applied Relevance is navigating this landscape and why
Harnessing the Power of Frappe Framework and ERPNext for Flexible Business Solutions
Discover how Applied Relevance's search for flexible, open-source business software led to the creation of Epinomy, built on Frappe Framework and ERPNext.