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Where Does Software Engineering Go From Here? (Part 1)
Why LLMs will never be intelligent, why English cannot replace code, and why the labs teaching the world this workflow will not be the ones that own it.
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Reliable Machines From Unreliable Parts
Why LLM errors need to be designed around rather than waited out, what John von Neumann worked out about unreliable components in 1952, and why a decision-only model like Jev fits his framework better than a chat model does.
The Dangers of Regulatory Capture
Why regulation rarely leads to the intended outcome, why centralizing power removes the only check on it, and why the notion that a government, especially the current one, can act responsibly is laughable.
On the Separation of Money and State
Money was the first thing to get enshittified. How the state captured it, what that has cost everyone since, and why the two need to come apart.
Is Your Idea Worth Pursuing?
The best way to have a good idea is to say no to a lot of bad ones.
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