Craig Mod
Writer, photographer and software maker based in Japan; publishes long-form essays, walking newsletters and self-made books at craigmod.com.
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Software should be fast, knowable, and owned by the person using it
Their wordsI've always been opinionated about how software should work. Mainly, it should be fast. The bounds of it should be "knowable." The contract you have with it should be "sane" (i.e., you just own it).
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Control over your own data, and over how you view and engage with it, will be non-negotiable
Their wordsWhy would we lock ourselves into someone else's proprietary binary? Control over our data, and control over how we view and engage with it, feels like it will be utterly non-negotiable going forward.
- 3 years earlier
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Electric bikes are worth their cost, flaws and all, because they bring the world nearer
Their wordsSure, electric bikes aren't cheap. But I believe they're a rare object to be well worth the cost. This in spite of their annoying flaws, their often bad software, their defective geometries. Because they open the world.