Composable Life

Composable Life

Latest — May 12, 2025

What is Correct?

As data engineers, we often receive implicit (or explicit) requirements for our data to be correct. Naturally, the people writing those requirements are usually unable to articulate what correct actually means in a given context—and they are often reluctant to commit to any one definition. So, let’s explore

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Shared Responsibilities at the Table

Traditional TTRPGs often place a big responsibility on a single person—GM, DM, Storyteller, whatever the title might be. They are all too often solely in charge of the world, rules, schedule, social dynamics at the table, and many other things. Since few people feel equipped or even capable of

Problem of a Cat

Just over a decade ago, D&D 5e came out and quickly became so dominant that it sucked a lot of the air out of other systems. Many third-party publishers quickly switched to it, and many alternative systems adapted to be "5e compatible." For a few years,

On Iterative Software Development

Nowadays, almost everyone doing any type of software development wants to be very "agile", which for some reason usually means doing sprints and iterations. The idea being sold here is that it is almost impossible to know all the requirements in advance. Therefore, it's better to

A Dream

The future looks bleak. A neoliberal dystopia of megacities ruled by huge, faceless and merciless corporations. Powerful technocrats drowning in excessive decadence while ordinary people starve. Different shades of grey and sharp emptiness of what passes for minimalism. Even the superheroes of our modern mythology that used to defend life

On the Use of AI Code

In 2024, many conversations in programming circles revolve around "AI" and its impact on coding. There are people like Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang and others proclaiming the end of manual programming for humans. Video after video, blog after blog, celebrities and would-be celebrities from programming circles are

Data Focused Architecture

Data Focused Architecture (DFA) is a software architecture that prioritises the flow of data through the system. It is best suited for systems whose main purpose is to ingest, process and output data, especially for systems that process data in near real-time. All components in the DFA are defined by

Personal Knowledge Management

Daily life in a modern society requires a lot of knowledge and data retrieval. Remembering a relative's birthday. Recalling rarely changing configuration details for an application running on a remote server. Knowing the details of a security incident from a month ago. Setting the agenda for a team

Composable Life

Composability is a system design principle that deals with the relationships between independent, self-contained components. It is widely used in engineering and is the paradigm behind modern programming. Advantages of a composable system: * Each component of the system can be tested separately, which removes a lot of complexity, makes the