A blog about connections by Bobbie Chen
Piecing together how software connects to itself and society.

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Year one for Digital Seams

And what’s next.

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Any decent error message is a kind of oracle

The real reason for all those “Oops!”

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Plus thoughts on the bitter lesson.

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A firsthand investigation of 2.8 million posts.

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Art, history, and the agent experience.

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Or, why your digital experiences are about to get worse.

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Few-shot prompting (in 1993!), the history of "So-and-so is typing", automation pitfalls, and business hours.

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