The machine didn't take your craft. You gave it up. by David Abram
Taste Is All That's Left | Blog
On what is left to do once the machine can make anything, and why taste is the last craft worth keeping.
We mourn our craft
I didn’t ask for this and neither did you. I didn’t ask for a robot to consume every blog post and piece of code I ever wrote and parrot it back so that some hack could make money off o…
Why craft-lovers are losing their craft
Les Orchard made a quiet observation recently that I haven't been able to shake. Before LLM coding assistants arrived, the split between developers was…
The machines are fine. I'm worried about us.
On AI agents, grunt work, and the part of science that isn't replaceable.
“They had no concept of a duty of care to their users.” – Unsung
A blog about software craft and quality
The Charisma Machine | Notion
generally presented its vision as compelling.12 The most vocal critics were the African delegation to Tunisia, which as a group was largely unimpressed by the demonstration and voiced concerns about project and infrastructure costs, resources diverted from clean water and better schools, and machine obsolescence and recycling.13 But these voices were quickly marginalized within the broader discourse around the hundred-dollar laptop. (Location 158)
I am often wrong
[I shared this note with my team earlier this week, and am posting it here as well. I hope it is interesting or helpful for others working on building product in the age of AI.]
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Breaking My Own Rule (Again): AI and the Job Hunt - Jacky Alciné
I said I wasn't going to lean on generative AI but I also said I was going to leave the tech industry. Here's what I actually used to keep applying and what it did (and didn't) do for me.
how to make a digital garden: a beginner's guide
something so simple, it actually works. here's how i currently run my digital garden after 3 years of trial and error!
Escaping the Calculating Machine
A collection of eleven artists' works in support of Rhizome's 25 years
Escaping the Calculating Machine
Rhizome champions born-digital art and culture through commissions, exhibitions, scholarship, and digital preservation.
An update on the scraper situation
Our article 'Fighting the AI scraper bot scourge', published in early 2025, discussed the probl [...]
In defense of not reading the code | Ben Shoemaker
Last week, I wrote an article whose purpose was to discuss where I saw AI-assisted coding going. That's not what generated 200 comments worth of passionate...
