AI and the Uncertain Future of Work

Software can now do something that looks a lot like thinking. So, like many knowledge workers, I’ve been guessing about the implications of AI progress for my continued employability. Let...

Using an E-Ink Monitor

I recently bought an e-ink monitor: Dasung’s 2019 13.3” Paperlike HD-F. This post covers my knee-jerk reactions after having used it for a few days. There are other more in-depth...

Rendering ChatGPT HTML Output Inline

TL;DR: With a little bit of glue, you can render and evaluate ChatGPT’s raw HTML and JavaScript output directly in the chat interface!! While playing with ChatGPT, I found myself...

Responding to recruiter emails with GPT-3

If you’re just interested in the code, here it is. Like many software engineers, each week I receive multiple emails from recruiters. I’m grateful to work in a field with...

Casting YouTube to Chromecast on Macos (with VLC)

I have a Chromecast. I use Firefox. The only extension for casting content from Firefox that I found is fx_cast, but I wasn’t able to get it to work properly...