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The virtuous circle
Mar 3, 2026
The virtuous circle is the most powerful pattern in developer tooling. And it's the myth of the 10x developer that makes it hard to see.
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The golden thread
Jan 14, 2026
AI can serve us as a force multiplier, augmenting our own agency and making the most of our own effort, hard work and value. Not by replacing it.
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How I'm funded
Jul 13, 2025
Being a full-time open source maintainer is a rare privilege. In the interests of transparency, let me explain a little more about how I am funded.
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Diversity, equity and inclusion
Mar 8, 2025
I'm in favour of diversity, equity and inclusion in open source communities, and here's why I think it matters.
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Zero sum games
Jan 26, 2025
Open source is about mutual giving. So how does that square with commercial open source? Or building a for-profit product on top of an open source project?
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Today is your day
Dec 31, 2024
Reflection isn't my strong suit. I think. But I wish it were more part of my life. So I thought I'd try to piece together ... part of ... my story in 2024.
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Using AI in open source
Jul 12, 2024
If you want to use AI to help you contribute to one of the projects I maintain, I would be delighted. But I have rules.
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Little oak
Apr 26, 2024
I wrote a little parable about open source, about credit, and about giving things away.
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Using shared data when generating pages
Dec 30, 2023
You may have loved the shared 'payload' feature when generating Nuxt 2 apps. But did you know you can do the same in Nuxt 3?
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Governance and abuse
Jul 27, 2023
Whenever you have people working together, there's potential for great things. There's also potential for harm - and sadly that's something we need to think about too.
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