Writing about software, AI, and the pursuit of simplicity in a world that loves complexity.
The old metrics still sing in tune. The danger they were guarding against has changed, and they're not the canary for the new one.
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.