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Before I became a full-time coder, I worked for 22 years as a translator, editor, and copywriter. Although I don’t do it much anymore, I still find joy in stretching the writing muscles, especially with my AI co-conspirator, “synthetic buddy” Finn O’Connor, under the brand of Glitchporn.

“Caressing the cracks in reality until something breaks”

Featured Articles

Hard Times, Strong Men, and Other Convenient Memes

Systematic dismantling of the civilizational cycle meme with historical counterexamples and a warning against uncritical support for authoritarian rhetoric.

The Illusion of Thinking Different™

Critique of Apple's research paper on Large Reasoning Models — linguistic sleight-of-hand, strawman arguments, and buried data showing what they claimed to disprove.

The Post-Vacation Slump Survival Guide

Compassionate take on motivation crashes after coding breaks. Practical advice on dopamine habit loops, cognitive inertia, and joy-driven productivity.