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Curtis Collicutt

Is "Good Taste" Valuable in Technology?

As we continue to improve our use of computers—how we work with them, how we write code, how we remove the tension between the "social" and the "technical"—we will find that we have more opportunities to use our good taste, to build on it, and to create something wonderful.

Cybersecurity, Safety Barriers, and Secure by Default

Rarely are systems secure out of the box; in fact, quite the opposite, most of the time we turn off every possible security feature or setting in the desire for expediency.

What is Huggingface?

Open-source large language models are powerful and plentiful. The rapid pace of their development makes them difficult to discover. Where can we get hold of them, and how can AI practitioners share their work?

Mark Weiser: The World Is Not a Desktop

Mark Weiser argues that computers should be like childhood memories and therefore be designed to be forgotten, yet easily recalled when needed. In his paper, he advocates for computers to be as invisible as any other good tool; that we don't need virtual reality, intelligent agents, or multimedia.

GenAI and Intersecting Polygons

Writing code with GenAI's help is not easy, and there are several "gotchas" that can make it difficult to use. It's important to understand the limitations of GenAI. While I am bullish on GenAI's future, it's not perfect.