Welcome to RationalStuff — long-form takes on technology, politics, and the forces shaping our future.
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Welcome to RationalStuff — long-form takes on technology, politics, and the forces shaping our future.

technology
Git was a masterpiece built for humans making deliberate commits. AI agents are neither. Here's why .gitignore is a symptom, not a solution.

technology
A beloved children's book accidentally explains why AI agents and Git repos are a disaster waiting to happen. It will break your build. Constantly.

technology
detailed steps to connect crew.ai to use amazon bedrock

technology
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technology
The digital world is not a silo; it influences and is influenced by our real-world behaviors and social norms.

advice
If you want to see your extended family this Holiday season, here is a summary of everything we know about COVID today, and how to plan your Holiday gatherings in a way that respects the virus and keeps your most vulnerable loved ones safe.

technology
Tesla recently announced they would soon have cars with 400+ mile range.

advice
Consulting is not like working in industry. Not at all. If you want to be successful in consulting you need to understand it is performance art.

technology
I have tried throughout my career to be a problem solver. But I have learned that there are many barriers to being a good problem solver.

politics
If we want to break the cycle of increasingly frequent US government shutdowns, we need to change some of the rules.

technology
Blockchain theorists are adamant and insistent on many features of the requirements for something to be true blockchain.

technology
To the average person, the hype around blockchain makes no sense.
technology
Social media that relies on user-generated content is morally bankrupt.

politics
There are so many bad things that come from using the census to allocate congressional seats and the votes in the Electoral College, that I feel like a simple idea will make them all go away.

technology
No New Tales to Tell It strikes me recently how many of the Artists and Storytellers I grew up on are no longer telling new stories.

politics
I think it is taken as a given that one of the functions of good government is to regulate businesses and trade.

technology
It is not often that one technology or trend dominates an entire year. The internet and dotcom had a couple years like that.

politics
Troll all you want, I am right. Sure there may be more registered Republicans than Democrats in Texas. But they are BOTH a minority.

politics
Saw this article today, it strikes a similar message to the first part of my article on the metoo movement.

technology
If you remember the dawn of the internet you know as a matter of fact DRM is evil.

politics
As you may know from previous posts I like to look at things in different ways than most folks.

politics
have been thinking through this post for a while.

technology
I was really sick last week, so this is the first post in a few days. I love reading about the history of fonts and design systems.

politics
I have always been pretty cynical. And I would say historically pretty sarcastic as well.

politics
This will be a short post. People are comparing Cryptocurrencies generally and Bitcoin specifically to the dotcom bubble of the early 2000s.

politics
I think this is really important. It is so hard to find “your tribe” and the odds that they live within walking distance is really small.

technology
This is part 3 in a 3 part series on the post-AI possibility of machine-based Artificial Empathy.

technology
This is part 2 in a 3 part series on the post-AI possibility of machine-based Artificial Empathy.

technology
Artificial intelligence is very hot right now, we have self-driving cars on the way, we have algorithms that detect faces, screen possible cancer treatments, translate languages, and even beat humans in Chess, Jeopardy and Go.

politics
This is a follow up to the last post, where I will address some questions and feedback I got on that post.