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jyn

Programmer writing about build systems, Rust compilers, developer tooling, and software security.

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jyn3d ago

A rising tide raises all rents

You're a rent seeker. It's an economist insult. It's devastating. You're devastated right now. Michael from The Good Place (paraphrased) Imagine, for a second, that AI really does become too cheap to meter. What happens...

jynSep 16, 2026

tokens too cheap to meter

The price of using machine learning intelligence is decreasing by several orders of magnitude a year and shows no signs of slowing. We are likely to see LLMs integrated into every part of computing as infrastructure,...

jynAug 27, 2026

simple is not small

@notjack.space: UIs with too many buttons confuse and alarm me @sixfold-origami.com: ah, this is the unix thing! @notjack.space: no, because I want cross device sync to actually work Do we need simplicity? Recently, I...

jynAug 24, 2026

distributed identity

Sorry but the law doesn't care about your merkle trees rain We've all heard the horror stories of dealing with names and technology, and yet, we must persist. In this story, we journey through the thorny brambles of git...

jynJul 1, 2026

explaining myself through stories

A story is a way to say something that can't be said any other way, and it takes every word in the story to say what the meaning is. You tell a story because a statement would be inadequate. When anyone asks what the...