Sym·poly·mathesy

Fanfare for a New Era of American Spaceflight – Live Recording! ↩︎—❈ (March 31, 2023)

Last summer, I hired the Budapest Scoring Orchestra and recorded my fanfare. And now: you can listen to the recording!

The Leica Q2 (December 28, 2022)

Mulling on a remarkable camera (that isn’t for me).

cold (2) (December 22, 2022)

The Great Unmooring↩︎—❈ (September 22, 2022)

At Mere O, on Richard Sennett’s The Corrosion of Character and Warzel and Petersen’s Out of Office, on work.

Revealed and Stated Preferences (July 7, 2021)

On Ben Thompson’s weekly article on Instagram, Facebook, algorithmic feeds in general—and how economic analysis of behavior ranges from insufficient to awful.

Software Unscripted: Type System Complexity ↩︎—❈ (September 6, 2023)

Along with Rust, TypeScript, SemVer, open source ecosystems and maintenance, and more!

Unmeasurable Costs and Benefits (August 26, 2023)

One major reason standard advice about “demonstrating value (or impact)” does not work well for foundational software, including (but not only) open-source library code.

Hierarchical systems (August 16, 2023)

Fog and Bird (July 9, 2023)

One of those delightful surprises.

The Leica Q2 (December 28, 2022)

Mulling on a remarkable camera (that isn’t for me).

Note: On TypeScript Conversions (started May 16, 2023)

Addressing a very common question: do-it-as-you-go or follow the dependency graph?

Where DRY Applies (started July 29, 2023)

The rule is taught early and often, but its application is subtler than most introductions or explanations allow.

Whither Gradual Typing? (started July 29, 2023)

Thinking out loud prompted by recent comments from Richard Feldman and Jamie Brandon.

jj init (started July 1, 2023; updated August 7, 2023)

What if we actually could replace Git? Jujutsu might give us a real shot.

Official TypeScript Support in Ember↩︎—❈ (started July 8, 2023)

6½ years after I started down this path, we have something great.

Feeds are Not Fit for Gardening (started January 13, 2023; updated March 29, 2023)

—at least, in their current instantiations with RSS, Atom, JSON Feed, etc.

Long and Short (September 24, 2022; updated August 12, 2023)

The value of different kinds of writing.

Fanfare for a New Era of American Spaceflight ↩︎—❈ (July 18, 2021; updated July 20, 2021)

You can now search for my name in Spotify, Apple Music, etc., and you will find there: orchestra music!

Motel Guest’s Only (April 3, 2021; updated April 6, 2021)

New Mexico Vacation, Day 1: An overflow lot in Las Vegas, New Mexico

A path away from Kant? (January 25, 2021; updated January 26, 2021)

Koyzis’ provocative thesis on authority and liberty.

Private Chat and DMs Are Good, Actually (November 30, 2020; updated December 27, 2020)

Don’t forget the lessons of physical offices when thinking about chat.