Richard W. Bown

You didn’t mean to be needy.

As I sit in France, watching it crisp and dry out around me, I scroll the endless feed of AI job opportunities both offered and accepted, read about what a “no swimming” sign has taught someone about B2B sales or generally discover what people are doing to

When I first wrote this post, in May 2024, I was reacting to a visceral experience I’d just had at work.

For years, our industry has tried, to some extent, to make computing greener.

The feeling of control is complete.

I’m a man with a problem.

Pick up almost any novel or film about the technology industry, and it will fall into one of three categories.

Brian Merchant’s piece on the data centre rebellion on his Blood in the Machine substack is worth reading in full and carefully.

A thread on the Rands Slack recently caught my eye.

I’ve read a lot of books about software engineering.