Matt Rogish

It’s pretty clear we’re in the “disposable software era”.

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A Few Single-line Stories in Everyday Frustration “Hey Siri, what’s the weather tomorrow?”

Drowning in a Sea of Tokens It’s no secret that AI-produced slop is filling up social networks, websites, blogs, job search sites, homework.

Memory Lane It seems somewhat fitting that now, March 11, 2026, almost three years ago to the day that OpenAI’s GPT-4 was released (and almost three years after I asked GPT-4 my first recorded questionI distinctly remember asking GPT3.5 to create a song a…

There’s a lot of churn in the AI/LLM/Agent space, but I’ve landed on an approach that reliably produces production-quality code for non-trivial work.

I’ve never been completely satisfied with my computer setup.

Preamble I recently attended a small networking meetup of entrepreneurs and startup founders.

After upgrading to Gigabit FiOS, I recently setup a series of eero devices in my house, replacing a couple of non-meshed Netgear routers.

Remote work is in the news again.

A few days ago I came across this article from Indiehackers (a really cool site!)

I recently had some time to myself (a rarity nowadays!)

I was browsing the Twitterscape and saw this tweet: Ultimately, SemVer is a false promise that appeals to many developers — the promise of pain-free, don’t-have-to-think-about-it, updates to dependencies.

274 years The population of Manhattan is roughly 1.5 million people.

🚩 This was written before AI changed everything.

New software projects start the same way: clean, well-tested, and fresh in everyone’s minds.

30 years ago, Steve Jobs and Apple unveiled the Macintosh.

In the software business, most folks work in an office.

The Death of Expertise Having equal rights does not mean having equal talents, equal abilities, or equal knowledge.

Is this what it’s supposed to feel like?

How winners win: John Boyd and the four qualities of victorious organizations I’ve read “Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War” and it has changed how I look at problems.

🚩 This was written before AI changed everything.

I travel quite a bit.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Dal73.

A few weeks ago I wrote a post lamenting the lack of standardized project bootstrapping.

Last night I had the following exchange on Twitter: Devsetuptwitter.

There is a big brouhaha because Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg “admits … walk[ing] out of this office every day at 5:30”.

Or: Every Developer Gets an Amex How often does this happen where you work: Developer begs, pleads with boss to go to technical conference Boss negotiates with developer on getting a cheaper hotel.

There are a million ways to lose a work day, but not even a single way to get one back.