Writing about software, AI, and the pursuit of simplicity in a world that loves complexity.
When you no longer write code yourself but only describe, review, and approve it - are you still a craftsman?
After thirty years of coding, AI made me much faster. But only after it made me slower first.
When I was twelve, programming felt like magic. Thirty years later, working with AI on old code, I feel it again.
Anyone can add complexity. Simplicity requires understanding what you can leave out.
I interviewed the creators of the tools that shaped my career. The reality was messier than the myth.