Essays

Markdown is simple, portable, and free. And it works beautifully with AI tools.

A short guide to choosing apps and services that preserve your digital freedom by avoiding ecosystem lock-in.

Meta steps through the black mirror with the launch of AI user profiles.

A 1940s Air Force crisis revealed a crucial design principle — the average user doesn't exist.

There’s been a fight over the past few days about Casey Newton's article, "The phony comforts of AI skepticism." Here's my take.

How long have you been working on a project with nothing to show?

I used Jekyll and Netlify to build a custom personal website and blog.