I Stopped Trusting Big Tech
The tools we use every day aren't free. We pay with our data, our attention, and our trust. Here's what I use instead.
Thoughtful essays in English and Spanish. No algorithms, no optimization—just writing.
The tools we use every day aren't free. We pay with our data, our attention, and our trust. Here's what I use instead.
Most of us just want to live a life with opportunities to grow, learn, work, have a family, and enjoy as much as possible our short lives on this beautiful planet. All we want is tomorrow.
I asked an AI for side project ideas. Instead of answering, it asked why I assumed the project had to be software at all. That friction was useful.
I bought Visual Studio 6.0 in a box while working as a LAN engineer. A year later, I was a programmer in Texas. Reading didn't get me there. Tinkering did. Yet I still fall into the productivity trap—organizing instead of doing.
La productividad se ha convertido en una religión moderna, y como todas las religiones, tiene sus trampas. Es muy fácil pensar que ser productivo significa estar haciendo algo para adelantar el trabajo o un proyecto, y en lugar de disfrutar el momento, nos dedicamos a 'ser productivos
In a world where beginnings are frictionless and exits carry no cost, staying demands a kind of commitment that no longer feels supported by default.