I'm getting used to 6ams. They don't hit me any less hard than before, but my mind has at least resigned to them. As a night owl, it's not a time I would willingly set an alarm for. And maybe an early start affects me more than most. However, no one ever had a child and didn't have to recalibrate their sleep schedule. Isa is now usually up at a merciful 8am, perfect timing as far as a baby's fickle circadian rhythms go. For the past few Saturdays, however, he's been up at around 6.

The 20th century belonged to specialists. Experts carved out narrow domains and dug deep. The system rewarded it — the best knee surgeon, the best COBOL programmer, the best ad copywriter. Depth was the differentiator. But AI tilts the game board.

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A few reflections on last year.

“Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose – and commit myself to – what is best for me.” — Paulo Coelho

As part of the annual API the Docs Dev Portal Awards, my team spoke to our reimagining of Codat's documentation and wider developer experience.

I decided to make 2023 my year of reading. These are a few of my recent reads.

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I recently read The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin. It strikes a perfect balance between the mundane aspects of real, believable human lives and exciting high magic and wonder, reminiscent of "Lord of the Rings" and other classic fantasies.

Have you ever tried to create a language from scratch? I began creating one for fun a while ago, and I've been trying to teach it to ChatGPT,. Langaf is a fictional language that is similar to English and uses a base twelve counting system.

I've long embraced generalism—dipping into different disciplines, interests, and ideas. I often worried this approach meant sacrificing depth for breadth, leaving me moving slowly in many directions rather than swiftly in one.