Technology Commentary

How throughout history, increasing computing capability has lead to increasing burden on users.

I recently read "A Philosophy of Software Design" 2nd Edition by Prof. John Ousterhout, and this is my review.

A look at the various technological and organizational factors that have driven up observability costs and what to do about them.

AI may never be a cure-all for observability, but it can certainly be a valuable companion.

Here are some approaches to enhance the environmental sustainability of cloud native applications using optimizations in Kubernetes runtimes.

Beneath the pavement, there is turmoil.

By Chand Rajendra-Nicolucci and Ethan Zuckerman Social media makes it possible for a piece of content to rapidly spread to millions of people in a matter of hours. In fact, “going viral” may be the defining phenomenon of the digital public sphere. Justine Sacco was flying from New York to South Africa to see family […]

People aren't using location app What3words enough. Everyone has GPS on their phones, so a new way to identify locations seems unnecessary. However, what if you want to meet at…

I recently redesigned my homepage to provide a clearer context about “me” as a writer and as a person. Not just to simplify things, but a…

We’ve always been outspoken about running a profitable, financially responsible company in an industry that has become incredibly proficient at losing buckets of money. While everyone else was celebrating burning cash, we chose profit instead. Still do.

Organizations should not build an infrastructure solely dedicated to AI while leaving workloads like data analytics and data science to fend for themselves.

Websites are under threat from AI, reduced social media traffic, and chatbot search. We spoke to a WebOps vendor about the fate of the web.

The whole point of achieving this performance level is to run more experiments with high confidence so your organization can learn more.

Cognition has introduced the world's first AI software engineer. But software engineers aren't going anywhere anytime soon.

Having moved on from virtual machines and virtualization, it would seem that this technology is destined for the scrap heap. But as with most things in enterprise computing, old technology doesn’t just go away.

Nvidia’s GTC was an absolute spectacle; it was also a different kind of keynote than before ChatGPT, which is related to Nvidia’s need to dig a new kind of software moat.

If the Hackintosh ecosystem is about to fade away, it’s because it fulfilled its purpose as a way station between two vastly different eras of Apple.

The stronger the governance, the more your employees can explore data freely without creating additional risk for the company.

Expanding on Hazel Weakly and Cognitive Engineering's definitions of observability by providing extra context and random ideas.

But not of who, how, and why. Start by looking here: That’s a page of TV Guide, a required resource in every home with a TV, through most of the last half of the 20th century. Every program w…

On Fake News and Digital Sovereignty

Nations are made of institutions forming a decentralised social network. What could we do if this topological data were published openly?

In which I talk about why meta build systems are forever cursed to remain hobbled throughout eternity.

Another month and another C3 0.5.x release (read the 0.5.4 announcement here), grab it here: https…

C3 is a simple, fast, and modern programming language.

When you’re driving a car down a road, you might get a bit stuffy and decide to roll your windows down. The air will flow in, the wind will get louder, and the sensation of moving will intensify. Your engine will start working a bit harder–and louder–to maintain the same speed. Every sensation will tell you that you’re moving faster, but lowering the window has increased your car’s air resistance, and you’re actually going slower.

Looking back at a bunch of toy electronics that may have latently inspired the tech that we use today. Might as well hook ’em young.

Photo by Om Malik I have become a big fan of vintage fountain pens. When I saw this lovely Ebonized Pearl WASP Clipper, I immediately fell in love with it. This is quite a rare find. Most collector…