Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in multiple ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees

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In a random dataset, there are no internal relationships; with each element, our explanation must begin anew.

In a random dataset, there are no internal relationships; with each element, our explanation must begin anew.

Polanyi calls this "tacit knowledge", a thing which we only understand as part of something else. When we speak, we do not focus on making sounds, we focus on our words. We understand the muscular act of speech, but would struggle to explain it.

Polanyi calls this "tacit knowledge", a thing which we only understand as part of something else. When we speak, we do not focus on making sounds, we focus on our words. We understand the muscular act of speech, but would struggle to explain it.

In 2006, Ron Jeffries wrote a series of posts describing his attempts to build a Sudoku solver. He began by wrapping a class around a simple datatype for the...

In 2006, Ron Jeffries wrote a series of posts describing his attempts to build a Sudoku solver. He began by wrapping a class around a simple datatype for the...

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When we say fiction belongs to a genre, we mean that it builds upon familiar themes and structures. By assigning a genre — a slasher flick, or a comedy of...

When we say fiction belongs to a genre, we mean that it builds upon familiar themes and structures. By assigning a genre — a slasher flick, or a comedy of...

The idea of structure, as used in this newsletter, is nothing new. It was first introduced by Ferdinand de Saussure in 1916, in his enormously influential...

The idea of structure, as used in this newsletter, is nothing new. It was first introduced by Ferdinand de Saussure in 1916, in his enormously influential...

When you're responsible for a junior developer, there's an early, crucial milestone: they know when to ask for help. Before this milestone, every task must...

Junction Labs’ mission is to empower platform builders with a service to service networking platform that bridges the developer-operator divide. This is essential to fixing how much applications teams...

Once upon a time, every project began with the creation of a canonical design document. This was called the system architecture, because it "rightly...

Previously, we explored how abstract explanations, paired with intent, become specific. And in our case, the intent is almost always to improve our software....

There was, in the mid 2010s, a popular formula for explaining a new startup: "Uber, but for ____." This was a metaphor: the startup, despite targeting a...

In the fractal-metaphor, our software is an open space. Each reader traverses that space, noting new details as they come into view. When our software is...

As software designers, our goal is to reduce complexity. We want our software to be easier to understand, and easier to change. These are not distinct...