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.
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I Don't Want an AI That Agrees With Me
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.
The Productivity Trap I Keep Falling Into
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.
The Long Middle
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.