Writing

• Tech Tightrope: Europe’s Alternative to Silicon Valley

  Software embeds values in everyday life. Can Europe build a technology industry that reflects its own values, as an alternative to Silicon Valley?

  July 2019

• Where will our love letters go

  Our relationships now live in likes, texts, and DMs held by platforms. What happens to the love letters of the digital age?

  May 2019

• Apache Airflow for the confused

  A plain-language primer on Apache Airflow, the task orchestrator: what it is, what it does, and when you might need it.

  November 2017

• Regulation as a Platform

  Government as a platform changed how public services are built. What if regulation worked the same way for the industries governments regulate?

  November 2015

• Becoming a Rubyist

  Six months into writing Ruby at Collective Idea: what learning a new programming language taught me about clear, human-readable code.

  February 2013