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We Broke Simple
Technology and innovation has had a long storied history of making humanity better.
I feel like companies are chasing money at the expense of meaningful innovation.
Can we go back to meaningful innovation again, where the end result wasn’t a cost increase for a minor bump in productivity?

Ray Alner
Apr 125 min read


Who Owns the Data? Spotify vs UnwrappedData.org
Spotify has made it clear who can profit from your own listening data. They shut down a service that was allowing similarly minded users from being able to sell their own listening data to other data aggregators and service providers who were attempting to provide better listening insight.

Ray Alner
Nov 27, 20254 min read


AI and the Last 10 Percent
Businesses are turning to AI to cut costs and boost productivity. But what about the bugs, tech debt, and unfinished features that frustrate users every day? This post explores how AI can help us fix what we’ve left behind.

Ray Alner
Jun 23, 20253 min read


Is Open Source Facing a Crisis? A Dive into Recent Trends
Open source is changing. The question is, is it facing a crisis of funding? Of extra support from the businesses that use them?

Ray Alner
Nov 26, 20245 min read


Race to Mediocrity
We have accepted the Race to Mediocrity for too long. It’s time we change direction we are headed.

Ray Alner
Nov 20, 20222 min read
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