While LinkedIn is truly a self-eggrandising hellscape, it does serve some purposes, one of which is providing a useful view into the psyche of the technology industry.

I recently came across a post that was discussing how vibe coding is a useful way to build demos and prototypes, but worrying about the risk of those systems making their way into production. This is true, but it’s not a problem that’s unique just to vibe coded stuff.

I’ve been meaning to update my personal site for a long time. I’ve been reading, with interest, about the swing of the pendulum back towards the “indie web”, microblogging, federation through the ATProto and doubtless other things I don’t yet fully understand.

I came across the article One Website to Destroy All Websites, and it inspired me to dig this old site up and dust it off a bit.

I am not a big one for “new years resolutions”, but I felt that this year I wanted to make a change and start contributing in my own little way to the indie web. This is the web that I grew up with and brought me so much joy over the years. It’s disgusting to me what Facebook and Instagram, TikTok and co have done to the internet, and how they have lulled many into a false sense of being part of some “creator economy” but really just lining the coffers of these increasingly adversarial billion dollar businesses.