DUNK | Writing

Similar to my decade-late discovery of Ruby on Rails, I recently discovered Elementary OS which is also a piece of often-overlooked technology from the 2007 technology era.

Swarm logic (or swarm intelligence) in software is a design approach where complex, intelligent behavior emerges from many simple agents following simple local rules — with no central controller coordinating them.

The hosting landscape ranges from low-cost, high-maintenance to high-cost, low-maintenance solutions.

At Pila, our immediate mission is to bring 21st-century energy resilience to every household and retire the gas generator for good.

San Francisco seasons are like the expansion pack to the normal seasons.

Transparency in open-source software A lot of effort is wasted in volunteering.

Ocean Beach has many, many moods, from windy spring, to gray summer, manic ecstasy of clear blue fall days to the doom and gloom of stormy winter.

It’s taken me 4 years of owning a Subaru Crosstrek to work out how to take my valet key surfing without putting the fob into a radio bag (so that the fob in the car doesn’t just keep the car unlocked).

In general, it seems like a bad idea to “start over from a clean slate” in Open Source software.

Ever since Heroku turned off their free tier, many have been at a loss where to host small, hobby, or archived projects.