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The story of this blog so far: 'AI', the death of web dev, and feeling like an outsider
Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland
Software developers are not okay
Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland
Interim note 5: web media and web dev employment
Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland
The web is a creative industry and is facing the same decline and shattered economics as film, TV, or publishing
Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland
Why Chatbots Are Not the Future of Interfaces
Unfortunately for the countless hapless people I've talked to in the past few months, this was inexorable. Ever since ChatGPT exploded in popularity, my inner designer has been bursting at the seams.
Patrick - I'm worried about the web
I'm worried about the web. I don't want to live in a world where most users of internet-connected devices consume their information and accomplish their tasks via a chat bot interface.

Human Problems: It’s Not Always The Technology’s Fault
We have met the enemy and he is us. When a teenage boy in Orlando started texting Character.AI’s chatbot, it started as an innocent use of a new tool. Sewell Setzer III customized the chatbot to ha…

136 facts every web dev should know before they burn out and turn to landscape painting or nude modelling
Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland
Liskov's Gun: The parallel evolution of React and Web Components
Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland
The deskilling of web dev is harming the product but, more importantly, it's damaging our health – this is why burnout happens
Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland
News Sites Are Getting Crushed by Google’s New AI Tools
Chatbots are replacing Google’s traditional search, devastating traffic for some publishers.
Blogging in the age of 'AI'
Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland
The Better Web / The Human Web / The Living Web
A response to Aaron Parecki's response: on the false dichotomy of rewriting with Claude or shutting down, why 'understanding matters more than tools' sever…

The AI browser wars are about to begin
Artificial intelligence is already writing an obituary for the internet as we know it. So why is everyone building new web browsers?

Announcing CSML, a new open-source language to easily build full-featured chatbots
We are building the framework to support the chatbots of the future

The promise and distraction of productivity and note-taking systems
Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland