List: Opinion | Curated by Deepti Kannapan

Oct 29, 2023

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Bouncin’ and Behaving Blogs TOO
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Deepti Kannapan
Software Engineering Must Grow into the Role It’s Now PlayingYou wouldn’t get a toymaker to build your bridges, would you?
Oct 27, 2023
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Oct 27, 2023
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In
Bouncin’ and Behaving Blogs TOO
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Deepti Kannapan
AI-Generated Text is of No Use to ReadersLies or plagiarism — take your pick
Oct 5, 2023
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Oct 5, 2023
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My friends be like…A comic
Jun 22, 2023
Jun 22, 2023
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Do people actually like one-sentence paragraphs?I’m used to paragraphs being a cluster of sentences about the same mini-idea. If there are, effectively, 20 paragraphs on one page, I…
Aug 8, 2022
Aug 8, 2022
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We Can’t Avoid Politics Just Because It’s DistastefulPower acts on you whether or not you act on it.
Jul 25, 2022
Jul 25, 2022
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What’s the Point of Blogs?…when most of them just recombine available information?
Apr 4, 2022
Apr 4, 2022
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The Startup
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What to Do With Your AngerOther than counting to ten and hoping it goes away
Jan 7, 2021
Jan 7, 2021
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The Startup
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Deepti Kannapan
You Don’t Need EfficiencyYou need ergonomics and flow
Jan 12, 2021
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Jan 12, 2021
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The Two Kinds of Incremental ProgressThe kind that leads somewhere and the kind that doesn’t
Jan 16, 2021
Jan 16, 2021
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Statistics as an instrument of truth
You can make truer statements with statistics than without.No one ‘always’ does anything. If you said to someone “You always do this!” the statement can only be false.
Feb 7, 2021
Feb 7, 2021
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The Shadow
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Deepti Kannapan
Trends Tend to Reverse ThemselvesExtrapolating trends too far into the future can lead to absurd conclusions
Feb 1, 2021
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Feb 1, 2021
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“We” Don’t Have the Attention Span of a GoldfishWe’re just really tired of ads.
Jan 29, 2021
Jan 29, 2021

Opinion

Software Engineering Must Grow into the Role It’s Now Playing

You wouldn’t get a toymaker to build your bridges, would you?

AI-Generated Text is of No Use to Readers

Lies or plagiarism — take your pick

My friends be like…

A comic

Do people actually like one-sentence paragraphs?

I’m used to paragraphs being a cluster of sentences about the same mini-idea. If there are, effectively, 20 paragraphs on one page, I…

We Can’t Avoid Politics Just Because It’s Distasteful

Power acts on you whether or not you act on it.

What’s the Point of Blogs?

…when most of them just recombine available information?

What to Do With Your Anger

Other than counting to ten and hoping it goes away

You Don’t Need Efficiency

You need ergonomics and flow

The Two Kinds of Incremental Progress

The kind that leads somewhere and the kind that doesn’t

Statistics as an instrument of truth You can make truer statements with statistics than without.

No one ‘always’ does anything. If you said to someone “You always do this!” the statement can only be false.

Trends Tend to Reverse Themselves

Extrapolating trends too far into the future can lead to absurd conclusions

“We” Don’t Have the Attention Span of a Goldfish

We’re just really tired of ads.

Deepti Kannapan