charlsy
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charlsy
@imcharlsy
design @google. prev @microsoft @ideo.

⭐ New talk! andymatuschak.org/tat Coding agents might help us finally break out of two cages: the app model, which traps computing in one-size-fits-all silos; and programming as a specialization, which has crowded out cultures of imagination and domain insight.







one myth i used to have: that everyone naturally "finds their passion" - like a miraculous epiphany that hits you when you are not even looking. but that never happened to me. i have a lot of interests. i have a clear sense of what i like/dislike doing. but if you ask what im about, especially in an artist statement which i still dread, i freeze. "the intersection of art and technology", which is about as clarifying as a painter saying "i explore color and emotion". i learned knowing the structure of your own interests doesn't come naturally. articulating it is even harder. but the good news is the interests also aren't random - there’s a latent structure, a shape of the soul. its just that uncovering it takes way more reflection, pattern-spotting, and trial and error than i initially expected.













