Diffing PDFs on a Mac: Because I Refuse to Read Three Pages Again for One Tiny Change
They sent me a revised three-page PDF. I nearly read the whole thing again. Then one tiny Terminal command revealed what they actually changed…
What the Heck Is a Git Worktree? Or How to Work on Two Branches Without Losing Your Mind
You know Git branches. But what if you could work on two at once without stashing, switching, or sacrificing your sanity? Turns out…
CS303 Episode 2: Relational Thinking, or How to Organize Your Data Before It Organizes Your Suffering
Tables seemed innocent. Then came keys, relationships, and normalization. Discover why relational thinking saves your data before it…
Music That Moves Me, Episode 14: P!nk and Nate Ruess — Just Give Me a Reason, or How an Unlikely Duet Became an Unforgettable Conversation
P!nk takes me back to Los Angeles. Nate Ruess takes me to Dunedin. But the story behind their unforgettable duet is even more surprising…
October 2026 Review: The Website Grew, X Fell Off a Cliff, and Sales Remained a Beautiful Fiction
October’s website grew 30% while X plunged 92%. Facebook rebounded, TikTok sank, and the strangest lesson was…
Why Can’t I Unpin a Post on TikTok? Or How Three Videos Took My Profile Hostage
Three TikTok videos had been pinned to my profile for ages. Every Unpin attempt failed, until I discovered the button hiding…
What the Heck Is a Neocloud Company? Or Did Someone Just Give the Cloud a $10 Billion Makeover?
AI’s newest power players are spending billions on GPUs and calling it a neocloud. Sounds impressive, but wait until you discover…
Who’s Who in AI — Episode 3: Geoffrey Hinton, Yann LeCun, and Yoshua Bengio — The Deep Learning Rebels Who Refused to Let Neural Networks Die
Three AI rebels kept believing when the experts gave up. Then they changed everything. Now they disagree about what comes next…
CS303: Episode 1 — Why Databases Exist, or Because Text Files Eventually Become a Cry for Help
Your program remembers everything. Until it restarts. Then two users arrive, a file gets corrupted, and suddenly the database problem becomes…
Software Longevity: I Just Finished Building It. Why Are They Already Tearing It Down?
Your software masterpiece could be obsolete before launch. AI is rewriting the rules, but the biggest threat to your code might be…