A path in the woods with a fork in the road, one direction has two tracks as if vehicles of some kind have gone down it, the other path is just a single walking trail.
Here's a simple framework for thinking about where we draw the line on AI autonomy, from spreadsheets to self-driving cars
Blog #0186: What We Let Machines Do
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Well, this is quite the read:
“Something big is happening”
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The year "2025" rendered in a gold-ish translucent 3D font.
Over the year, I try to find something interesting to read and digest each week related to or at least adjacent to what I am currently working on. Here's the list for 2025.
Blog #0185: (Almost) 52 Things I Learned in 2025
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A picture of a very well-organised workshop tool bench with all of the tools arranged in a set of hanging brackets behind the bench.
I've been a bit quiet on the blogging front for a few months, so this is a quick catch-up post: what I've been doing, what I've shipped, and where things are headed.
Blog #0187: A Few Things I've Been Working On
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A photo of the grounds of Nottingham Castle, UK with a large lit up hashtag saying #itsinnottingham.
Apparently, #itsinnottingham.
I can’t tell you how happy this makes me! github.com/manzaltu/cla...
It never ceases to amaze me the cognitive mismatch that occurs when non-tech people try to reason about "the things in tech that they think are hard" versus "the things in tech that they think are easy". It seems to be the source of so much tension between tech and non-tech folks. 🤔
#til A “higgs-bugson” is a bug that is predicted to exist, but is very hard to find. Thanks, Wikipedia. Well played.
Instagram channel @Art_DailyDose
Jo Hobbs, is a UK needle-felting artist known for crafting realistic miniature animal figures from wool
Artist: @jurlyjocreation
#art #needlefelting #dog #sculpture #animals #UnitedKingdom #UK #artist
Most of us are familiar with the frustration of forgetting — whether it’s struggling with a word on the tip of the tongue, misplacing important items such as keys or glasses, or even disremembering why you came into a room.
Read more: cnn.it/4mY0x4g
This is the best team crossover video I've ever seen.
In our second #summershorts post for the #whatnext podcast, James and I discuss a recent (controversial?) post he made on engineers tying themselves too tightly to a particular tech stack.
🎧 15 minutes. Zero fluff. Tune in now.
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I'm a software engineer ~ what next?
"Crafting culture in startups, CEO's role"
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A Palm Springs, California, fertility clinic was damaged on Saturday in what the mayor called “an apparent explosion.” The cause of the blast was not immediately known, the mayor said.
A plain poster on a tiled wall that reads "Less Social Media." We don't have a smartphone problem. We have a software problem. The real threat isn't screen time. It's algorithm time. Discover how we can protect our children—and perhaps democracy itself—from algorithmic manipulation: #0179: Kids and Smartphones https://matthewsinclair.com/blog/0179-kids-and-smartphones
We don't have a smartphone problem. We have a software problem. The real threat isn't screen time. It's algorithm time. Discover how we can protect our children—and perhaps democracy itself—from algorithmic manipulation:
#0179: Kids and Smartphones
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This image shows a woman looking at a wall covered in tattered old advertising posters. The post says: I recently read “What If We Made Advertising Illegal?“ (https://simone.org/advertising/). It makes a bold case: advertising is corrosive, manipulative, and ultimately harmful to society. It fuels attention-hijacking, undermines truth, and distorts our shared reality. As with other once-tolerated hazards—lead in paint, indoor smoking—perhaps it’s time we called time on advertising altogether. But what if, rather than banning it outright, we taxed it instead? https://matthewsinclair.com/blog/0177-what-if-we-taxed-advertising
Just read "What If We Made Advertising Illegal?" (simone.org/advertising). It argues ads are corrosive, manipulative & harmful—fueling attention hijacking & distorting reality.
Rather than banning outright, what if we taxed it instead? matthewsinclair.com/blog/0177-what-if-we-taxed-advertising
Caligula waged war on the sea and Trump on penguins 🐧
I'm a software engineer ~ what next? S01E01 - Carlton Lane - Boundary Conditions
🎙️ New podcast alert! 🚀
“I’m a Software Engineer—What Next?” explores the career journeys of engineers, from IC to leadership & beyond. Ep 1 with Carlton Lane is live now!
Listen 🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/2P4B...
Feed 🌐: whatnext.dev/feed
#SoftwareEngineering #CareerPaths
Yes, it can happen again. 👀
Here’s everything that I found interesting last month about Engineering Leadership:
#qfm #quantumfaxmachine #engineering #leadership #december #2024
QFM047: Engineering Leadership Reading List December 2024
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Here’s everything that I found interesting last month about the irresponsible use of machine intelligence:
#qfm #quantumfaxmachine #irresponsible #ai #machine #intelligence #december #2024
QFM048: Irresponsible AI Reading List December 2024
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Cleaned out some old tech today. #technologyarchaeology
Two folders on a computer disk, one for 2023 and one for 2024.
Every week, I try to read or learn something interesting—sometimes useful, sometimes whimsical, occasionally random. Here’s my ‘This Week I Learned’ list for 2024. Enjoy!
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#blog #braingasm #thisweekilearned #2024
