I wrote a love letter to Peter Welch's "Programming Sucks" essay, about the state of the tech industry in the age of AI. Hope you'll give it a read & tell me what you think:
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Sorry Peter. — I'm at a birthday party, and while most people here also work in tech, there's always a Guy with a Real Job. You know, a physical job, building some or other thing people need. And this...
So much this blog post. Also, go read Blindsight -- it's quite good.
Living abroad was an amazing experience, but now it's time for something more familiar. I've always loved New England, especially Boston!
> "For the 27 releases, we've started writing parts of the core operating system kernel in Swift."
Swift for the Kernel was an awesome project to work on this year! I'm very happy to have been able to make these first steps towards a truly memory-safe kernel possible :)
I am an AI optimist, but sometimes I feel like I am at war with AI. Or maybe with other people. Ugh, listen, you just need to imagine you are a scrambler. distantprovince.by/posts/its-ru...