A behemoth if ever there was one.

Writing is hard. Perhaps that’s an oversimplification. The mechanics of writing are easy, especially in a day and age with computers with spelling and grammar checkers. You can even use an app that tells you how good your writing is1. It’ll tell you when you end a sentence on a preposition, or when you’re too passive, or use too many adverbs. None of these tools are perfect, but they do a good job of propping up one side of the process to make life easier for the writer. But writing is still hard. ...

A new project and a cautionary tale about decision paralysis.

For the first time in a long time I ran out of things to read. Or perhaps I should say that I forgot the remains of my reading list, and was stuck trying to think of what to read. Whilst browsing the Kindle store, I spotted Flowers for Algernon, and instantly an alarm bell went off in my head. I was sure I had previously expressed an interest in reading it? Wasn’t it supposed to be emotionally devastating? Sounds like my kind of book, so I dove straight in. ...

Wisdom, expressions, and AST construction.