These days, the most common question I get goes something like this: A decade ago, you told people that scalable quantum computing wasn’t imminent. Now, though, you claim it plausibly is imminent. Why have you reversed yourself?? I appreciated the … Read more
10th December 2025 I’ve started using the term HTML tools to refer to HTML applications that I’ve been building which combine HTML, JavaScript, and CSS in a single file and use them to provide useful functionality. I have built over … Read more
To market their new products to people who had not already spent years pining for a computer of their own, the creators of the second wave of microcomputers had to face head on the question of what the microcomputer was … Read more
Here’s how I use Claude Code, the ultimate AI coding tool, to implement new features in an existing complex codebase with many users. This is not a vibe coding tutorial building throwaway MVPs. This AI coding guide is for software … Read more
The difference can be subtle Photo by Jorik Kleen on Unsplash As you progress in your career, understanding the difference between being useful and being valued is very important. At first glance, they might look similar because the signals you … Read more
Sometimes when I’m bored, I like to look at the list of macOS Bash commands. Here’s some commands that I found interesting: Access your Keychain programmatically If you store your secrets in the Keychain (and you should!), you can access … Read more
In my new role as VP of Engineering, there was one question I was dreading more than any other: “How are you measuring productivity?” I can’t fault the question. I mean, sure, I’d rather it be phrased about how I’m … Read more
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I wrote a Tampermonkey script which more or less was a true ‘automate someone out of a job’ situation, except it didn’t do that at all; it freed up 20+ hours a week that someone had to sit there and … Read more
When I write shell one-liners that transform the contents of some file, they often look something like In[1]: cat access.log | head -n 500 | grep mail | perl -e … This is what a lot of people reflexively call … Read more