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quietly goes wrong, and what the craft still demands of you.Mon, 31 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTFrom Proposal to Browser: Implementing JavaScript Features in Firefoxhttps://tawanda.dev/implementing-javascript-proposal-in-firefox/https://tawanda.dev/implementing-javascript-proposal-in-firefox/Notes on implementing JavaScript features in Firefox: a useful bridge between web standards, browsers, and programming craft.Tue, 15 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTKnowledge and Propertyhttps://tawanda.dev/knowledge-and-property/https://tawanda.dev/knowledge-and-property/Sat, 31 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTThe Fate of Great Menhttps://tawanda.dev/the-fate-of-great-men/https://tawanda.dev/the-fate-of-great-men/Sat, 31 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTEveryday a Festival Dayhttps://tawanda.dev/everyday-a-festival-day/https://tawanda.dev/everyday-a-festival-day/Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTA Loan That Cannot be Repaidhttps://tawanda.dev/time-an-unrepayable-loan/https://tawanda.dev/time-an-unrepayable-loan/Tue, 27 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTSimplicityhttps://tawanda.dev/simplicity/https://tawanda.dev/simplicity/Tue, 27 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTThere Are No Big Leaps, Only Little Stepshttps://tawanda.dev/there-are-no-big-leaps/https://tawanda.dev/there-are-no-big-leaps/Mon, 26 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTUtopia or Apocalypse: The Promise and Perils of AGI from the Ancients to the Presenthttps://tawanda.dev/intelligent-agents-ancient-to-present/https://tawanda.dev/intelligent-agents-ancient-to-present/What thinkers from Aristotle to the present expected of made minds, and how those old hopes and warnings read now that AGI is a research agenda rather than a myth.Fri, 02 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTThe Transformation of Thingshttps://tawanda.dev/the-transformation-of-things/https://tawanda.dev/the-transformation-of-things/Thu, 11 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTEat like an Emperorhttps://tawanda.dev/eat-like-an-emperor/https://tawanda.dev/eat-like-an-emperor/Thu, 04 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTSerendipityhttps://tawanda.dev/serendipity/https://tawanda.dev/serendipity/Thu, 07 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMTEnvyhttps://tawanda.dev/envy/https://tawanda.dev/envy/Wed, 24 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMTClevernesshttps://tawanda.dev/cleverness/https://tawanda.dev/cleverness/Tue, 23 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMTA Philosopherhttps://tawanda.dev/a-philosopher/https://tawanda.dev/a-philosopher/Mon, 22 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMTA Gentlemanhttps://tawanda.dev/a-gentleman/https://tawanda.dev/a-gentleman/Sat, 20 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMTThe Vigor of a Culture: The Unique and the Surprisinghttps://tawanda.dev/the-vigor-of-culture/https://tawanda.dev/the-vigor-of-culture/Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMTWhat I read in Februaryhttps://tawanda.dev/reading-february-2023/https://tawanda.dev/reading-february-2023/Thu, 23 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMTWhat I read in Januaryhttps://tawanda.dev/reading-january-2023/https://tawanda.dev/reading-january-2023/Thu, 02 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMTGood Designhttps://tawanda.dev/good-design/https://tawanda.dev/good-design/Tue, 17 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMTSlow Downhttps://tawanda.dev/slow-down/https://tawanda.dev/slow-down/Tue, 30 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMTContributing to OSS (Matrix) as a Newbiehttps://tawanda.dev/contributing-to-oss-matrix/https://tawanda.dev/contributing-to-oss-matrix/Wed, 15 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMTThe Scout Mindset by Julia Galef (Summary)https://tawanda.dev/the-scout-mindset-summary/https://tawanda.dev/the-scout-mindset-summary/Mon, 14 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMTSystems over goalshttps://tawanda.dev/systems-over-goals/https://tawanda.dev/systems-over-goals/Tue, 15 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMTBuilding Nota- An Open Source Desktop Application for Managing Kindle Highlights and Noteshttps://tawanda.dev/building-nota-electron-desktop-app/https://tawanda.dev/building-nota-electron-desktop-app/Wed, 01 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMTThe Algebra of Happiness by Scott Gallowayhttps://tawanda.dev/the-algebra-of-happiness-scott-galloway/https://tawanda.dev/the-algebra-of-happiness-scott-galloway/Mon, 10 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMTDiscipline Equals Freedom by Jocko Willinkhttps://tawanda.dev/discipline-equals-freedom-jocko-willink/https://tawanda.dev/discipline-equals-freedom-jocko-willink/Mon, 03 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT