the tortured artist
• 4 minutes • programming, cursedAI is optimized for stateless interactions. It can save some memories for the next session, but that isn't an identity. Nothing it goes through changes what it is. read more →
Posts tagged “programming”
existential minimalism via static site generation
• 3 minutes • programming, minimalismWhat is the marginal cost of happiness? Each new dependency, each build tool or abstraction, quietly claims a piece of your agency. These decisions are not free. Over time, the stack you build begins to shape the way you think. It narrows your options, calcifies your patterns, and it replaces expression with compliance. The more you add, the less you notice what has been lost. The code becomes a weight. At some point, you forget what you were trying to say. When is it enough? What is sick funny? read more →
venmowned
• 2 minutes • programming, cursedThis project isn’t new. I built it almost a decade ago, a simple CLI tool to send my friends pennies through Venmo, each with an unsolicited cat fact. I wrote it mostly to amuse myself, and maybe irritate them a little. What surprised me is that it still works. The API hasn’t changed. The token still authenticates. The endpoints, still listening. read more →