does anyone remember that episode of star trek tng where the kid is given a little laser engraver that carves a dolphin from a block of wood? and the kid is like "i didn't make this" and the teacher (who abducted him, ew) is like "yeah but it's what you wanted to make, the tool just guided you"
so in 2026 we're going to get in trouble doing code "the old way", the pleasurable way, the way an artist connects with the work. we're not to chefs any longer, we're a plumber now that pours food from a faucet.
we're annoyed because our output can suddenly be measured by the time unit. the jig is up. our secret clubhouse has a lightbulb the landlord controls.
some of us were already doing good work, saving money, making the right decisions. we'll be fine.
some of us don't know how to do those things - or won't do those things - and our options are funneled down. we're trashing at this, like dogs being led to the pound.
there's before, there's during, and there's after; the during is a thing we so seldom experience, and we're in it, and 2024 felt like nothing, 2025 feels like the struggle, and 2026 will be the reconciliation.
change sucks. but it's how we continue. we continue differently or we dont exist.
I sure do. I believe it's the first season episode "When the Bough Breaks," (S01E16). That show tackled so many heavy topics right out of the gate... I respect the hell of of the courage to try, even if it produced some pretty epic whiffs along with the home runs and standing doubles.
so in 2026 we're going to get in trouble doing code "the old way", the pleasurable way, the way an artist connects with the work. we're not to chefs any longer, we're a plumber now that pours food from a faucet.
we're annoyed because our output can suddenly be measured by the time unit. the jig is up. our secret clubhouse has a lightbulb the landlord controls.
some of us were already doing good work, saving money, making the right decisions. we'll be fine.
some of us don't know how to do those things - or won't do those things - and our options are funneled down. we're trashing at this, like dogs being led to the pound.
there's before, there's during, and there's after; the during is a thing we so seldom experience, and we're in it, and 2024 felt like nothing, 2025 feels like the struggle, and 2026 will be the reconciliation.
change sucks. but it's how we continue. we continue differently or we dont exist.