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First-Class Models: The Missing Productivity Revolution
TL;DR: First-class models with branching and merging capabilities represent an almost entirely unused enormous productivity and expressiveness unlock in…
Jun 26 • 
Guyren Howe

January 2025

Composition to the Rescue
Typical software architecture is driven by absolutely terrible economic incentives to be the brittle mess it is today. There is another way.
Jan 16 • 
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July 2024

State Farming
Islands in a sea of state.
Jul 14, 2024 • 
Guyren Howe

August 2023

Why now? So What?
Sequoia founder Don Valentine famously asked founders: “Why now?” and “So what?”
Aug 17, 2023 • 
Guyren Howe
RESTful presentation
An elegant tool, for a more civilised age
Aug 16, 2023 • 
Guyren Howe
Join my chat
A private space for us to converse and connect
Aug 16, 2023 • 
Guyren Howe

April 2023

How the CIA Ruined Programming
We’re only just now starting to recover. And we have a long way to go.
Apr 5, 2023 • 
Guyren Howe

March 2023

What is FREST?
FREST is simpler computing for ordinary folks and programmers alike.
Mar 8, 2023 • 
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February 2023

Distributed == Relational
Perhaps surprisingly, distributed systems are naturally relational
Feb 21, 2023 • 
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Welcome to FREST!
Computing for everyone
Feb 18, 2023 • 
Guyren Howe
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