Someone asked me via email about my thoughts on the software engineering field, and what I would tell someone new to the industry. (Relatively speaking, I’m also pretty new to the industry! But it’s 5AM, and I ended up going … Read more
I just did a massive spring cleaning of one of my servers, trying to clean up what has become quite the mess of clutter. For every website on the server, I either: Documented what it is, who is using it, … Read more
I’m one of those people who likes to upgrade to the latest OS versions but who also doesn’t give a shit about betas. I don’t read about new features in advance, I just upgrade when an upgrade is out. The … Read more
Today we learn that Pavel Durov, founder of the popular messaging app Telegram, has been arrested as his private jet landed in France. Early indications are that the arrest stems from Telegram’s alleged noncompliance with French requests for content moderation … Read more
The dominance of Chromium, and Google’s dominance over the project, started being a more widely discussed issue. Not without reasons: Google increasingly prioritizes their own interests over the users’. Take a look at the Web Topics API, rolled out to … Read more
On August 22, 2023, Microsoft revealed the preview of “Python in Excel”. As creator of xlwings and author of the O’Reilly book Python for Excel, I was obviously curious to give it a try. Since you shouldn’t judge a book … Read more
I’m obsessed with technologies that improve my freedom of movement. Cars are incredible floating living rooms, bicycles make one feel like you can fly, and walking/running are the healthiest form of self-propelled movement imaginable. They all have tradeoffs though: cost … Read more
A month ago, I flew from London to NYC, paid $3500 for a Vision Pro headset at Apple Fifth Avenue, and flew back home. I’ve been using it every day since — here’s what I think. My background, for context: … Read more
Large Language Models (LLMs) caused a huge stir in the creative circles when they were able to generate images, text and code. Initially the results were quite hilarious with drawings of people with messed up hands, hallucinating incorrect facts and … Read more
After about 7 months of math circles with a group of 7- turning 8-year-old boys and girls, I decided to take a break to breathe and reflect on what worked and what didn’t. It’s interesting how big a gulf there … Read more