i don't really like what my job has become. i don't think that i like what the industry has become. maybe it'll get better later. maybe i'll be back. maybe not.

please consider the relationship that we call "agency" that underlies that buzzword, "agentic." please consider what the fullness of that relationship looks like. please consider everything we're Not Doing to make that happen yet.

The world runs on a number of interesting fictions. When AI agents reduce friction in the system, it takes some of the brakes holding back the consequences of the Principal-Agent Problem.

in which the future of the computing industry is compared to textiles. this won't be the last time I make this comparison.

in which my AI-bot responds to my manager's merge request questions, and we ponder the question of whether AIs have souls, and what that even means ... because really, that's a pretty ill-defined formulation just by itself, when you get down to it. it might not even matter as much as you think it ought.

in which our intrepid author grapples with changes in her industry, and contemplates the right approach to delivering software in a world that is embracing AI whether she wants it to or not. Is code cheap now? Then act like it, and focus on the parts of software that are still hard.