Cozy eternal beta test mode
re: digital mindfulness! Not everything needs to be built at scale – sometimes it can just be for family and friends :)) Normalize creating playful and non- instrumental technology
For example, the gift I made for Anson for Valentines in 2022.
# An app can be a home-cooked meal
Source: Robin Sloan
Clay Shirky: “Situated software, by contrast, doesn’t need to be personalized — it is personal from its inception.”
I can, at this point, make the things happen on computers that I want to make happen. At the same time, I would not last a day as a professional software engineer. Leave me in charge of a critical database and you will return to a smoldering crater.
I am the programming equivalent of a home cook.