Get good at Git
How do you actually use Git, in practice?
When MMT and a Job Guarantee were tried before, they didn’t work
Those who forget the mistakes of the past are… something something.
The epistemology of Tiny Train World
When I was learning philosophy in the late 1990s, it seemed very important to figure out the limits of tolerance […]
The Armchair Scriptdoctor’s Library
Netflix has changed the incentives for watching bad films. With a monthly flat fee, they encourage you to take a […]
The Deal of the Art
Inside the enormous exhibition hall containing the annual Basel art fair, at the Victoria Miro Gallery booth, a young couple […]
Pastry, stress, and software engineering
At the halfway point of preparing pastry or cake for the oven, it always looks like a bowl of shit. […]
Matthew Yglesias’s knee and the future of human civilisation
A doctor’s appointment illustrates what’s gone wrong with technology, and how we might fix it.