// writing

Notes from the field.

Occasional pieces about building software, and about the industry currently losing its mind over it.

// folklore check2026-09-217 min read
Everything you know about The Matrix is half true.
The Matrix is one of the most retold films ever made, which means most of what people 'know' about it has been repeated until it drifted. Six of the famous stories, checked against the people who were actually there.
// signal and noise2026-09-218 min read
Yes, it's a bubble. No, that isn't the point.
People keep asking whether AI is a bubble. It is, obviously. But that is the wrong question — a bubble popping has never meant the technology was wrong. A working developer's view from the floor.