Life Imitates Art
In 1854 a man painted villagers fleeing a coming storm. In 1999 another man photographed a mower working as a Serbian oil refinery burns in the background.


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Shipping in the Age of AI: Green Tests Are Not a Release Decision
AI-assisted development puts more change into every release and makes it harder for humans to describe that change. Here are five questions a release decision has to answer before 'all tests passed' means anything.

Model vs. Modal vs. Module
Module, modal, model — none of these mean the same thing, no matter how similar they sound. A banking app and a cake help sort out which is which.

Shifting Baseline Syndrome: Why we treat “new” features as if they were always available
Fingerprint unlock, tap-to-pay, dark mode, Face ID. These features feel like they've always existed, but they're all under fifteen years old. A look at why we forget how recent "normal" really is, and how these features look stacked against the world events happening at the same time.