The Archive

Preserving the Ephemeral Nature of the Digital World.

An exploration into the fragile artifacts of our age, and why the digital medium is the hardest to preserve for future generations.

On Judgment and Information

The hardest thing in software engineering to come by is good judgment. But good judgement is just a place holder for incomplete information.

Vibe coding is going to democratize personal app development reducing the value of appstore access.

Before the search engine giants, the internet was a collection of hand-curated lists. We revisit the curators who tried to map the infinite.

Archive Note

"Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom."

— Clifford Stoll

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