New Post from BiteofanAppleAn Age Of Promethean AmbitionsIn a recent post, I wrote the following:[Without] the context of history, we're blind to the reality that we live in a world… deeply connected and familiar to the worlds of the past.Perha...

New Post from BiteofanAppleWords Are A Leaky AbstractionSomething about hearing the phrase "Claude's Soul Document" got me thinking again about a problem I've long pondered. Software folks, like myself, have a long and proud history of tak...

New Post from BiteofanAppleOn The Lies Depression TellsI'm no stranger to depressive episodes, though thankfully mine are sparse and usually brief: sometimes a day or two, though on rare occasions perhaps a week or more. I'm thankful mine have never...

New Post from BiteofanAppleThe Long View Of HistoryHistory as a subject is often viewed by students and the public at large as a domain without a use, a pedantic study of dates and names with some vague mission to remember the past—a memorial to age...

New Post from BiteofanAppleMaintaining A Music Library, Ten Years OnIt took me by surprise to learn that this post was now a decade old:Last week I decided to leave Spotify. I've been using the service for almost 2 years now, and overall I...