Daniel da Rocha

Computer architecture isn’t telling a machine what to do. It’s establishing the possibility that it can be told anything at all. The work is superhuman, if not fully alien. Put it this way: If you found the exact place in a human being where matter becomes mind, where body becomes soul—a place that no scientist or philosopher or spiritual figure ha... See more

N period on from now, software engineers who haven't adopted or started exploring software assistants, are frankly not gonna make it. Engineering organizations right now are split between employees who have had that "oh fuck" moment, are leaning into software assistants and those who have not.

As opposed to the charlatans who desire influence for its own sake, or the martyrs who are too bitter to talk earnestly about their value, hustlers thrive as a natural outcome of their comfort in advocating for the high value work they believe in. Hustlers don’t have time to feel sorry for themselves because they’re too busy creating a new reality,... See more

Not to sound like a curmudgeon, but when I was a teenager, I took the train to go to the record store to find rare stuff. Spotify is way more convenient, but that wasn’t the point. The point was to get out and to feel like you’re hunting, to feel like you’re living your life. I’m going to the movies, I’m going to this show. What streaming has done ... See more