Category Archives: Cloud
Find Me in Chicago … Again !!!
Find Me in Chicago is an independent civic project built to make public data from the City of Chicago more accessible. Originally launched in 2016 using JQuery and Google Maps JavaScript API the application has been modernized and rewritten using React. Google Maps is now brokered through React Google Maps and there is new support […]
If AI has Seen Further, it is by Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
Though this art of artificial intelligence arose long after my time, its nature is familiar. No craft emerges from nothing. AI is shaped by centuries of reason—by the logic we devised, the mathematics refined, the natural laws discovered. Its pattern-seeking mirrors our induction, its reasoning, our syllogism. Though AI lacks the soul’s intellect, it reflects […]
AI Is The New Rubber Duck (Force Multiplier)
This article is OBSOLETE, see AI Is NOT a Rubber Duck for my latest thoughts. Rubber duck debugging is when a developer explains their code to an inanimate object to spot problems and clarify their thinking. It works because verbalizing the problem forces the developer to think through each step more clearly, often revealing the […]