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Jacky Alciné

Jacky Alciné

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I'm Sisyphus and my website is my (worry)stone

I don't want a static site anymore because it doesn't do or provide what I want anyore. But I also can't find what I'm looking for off the shelf.

Being nice for free is a bad idea

The only obligations I have are to be good to my people and to my community.

A realignment of things

Closing accounts, making backups and making choices.

Where I'm going with the work I'm leaning into now

First Olamaelcu. Next the neighborhood.

An exploration on what could be a leftist position on generative AI

As a Black software engineer and leftist in the United States, I contend with the notion that generative artifical intelligence can be used in a materialistic way that moves the needle forward for progress without intrenching the power of capitalists and business folks who are adamant on exacerbating existing calamities within the technology sector.

What I'd like to do with my website (and with the Internet as a whole)

It used to be fun to write and publish for the Internet, if not a bit fulfilling. Now that we've collectively normalized the vacuuming of information for the sake of profit of a select few companies, what is the point of throwing things into the well of social media?

Adherence to societal norms as a form of acceptable self harm

Destacked: Why I Avoid Substack As Much as Possible

From Substack LLC's attempt to capture the concept of a newsletter as a verb to their overt encouragement and support for Neo-Nazi content, don't expect me to post anything on that platform. I explain why.

We return to the time of memorialization in those we've lost to the prison industrial complex and work on personal growth to become more useful to the abolitionist movement.

Clocking My Autochattering in Relation to it All

What's Supposed to be Different about Livtet?

It's been about half a year since I've "started" working on Livtet and I couldn't tell you what I'm doing with it.

Focusing on Livtet Yet Again

Finding myself in need of a way to manage my book collection and my reference material, I've decided to revisit my ambitions with Livtet.