R. Alex Anderson

Living Life

Remember to be happy.

Activation Energy of Talent

My Latest Writing — Building Dialogue Graphs into my spaceship game

I'm debating getting a new phone

Art Museum Strategy

Grieving my Profession, Embracing my Medium

Software As And End In Itself

I'm having a hard time titling this one

But it comes from a place of both grief and love

Reflecting on my last job in tech

"Last" in every sense of the word

Confession: I like paying taxes

Phantom Productivity

Friction and Struggle

Reducitarian

Caring about Coffee

How Representative Government Should Work

The answer is Love

Free AtProto Idea: Achievements and Stats

Simplify

A story of almost over-engineering lighting in a crawl space

Just-in-time vs Just-in-case Learning

Long Range Comm

Fraud Triangle

Fraud doesn't happen in a vacuum.

In Defense of Going Slow

When All You Have Is A Hammer...

Most of what AI can do is a happy accident. Maybe we should just use it for what it's good at.

My Personal History Part 1

1993-1997

What Counts as Art?

Presenting to Kids

Beware the Pit of Success lined with razor wire

It's Easy to Overcomplicate

Thorium Nova Discussions

Critical CSS is a Hyper-optimization

To Be Curious

Notes from my Beginner Computer Literacy Class Part 3

This Only Works If We Work Together

Noticing

The Value of RFCs

Wouldn't you know it, writing things down helps

Notes from my Beginner Computer Literacy Class Part 2

Intentional Entertainment

Productivity-maxing is entertainment

Things I've Just Done

Just Do The Thing

Even... no... especially if it's bad

You Can Just Do Things

What do you love to do?

A sure-fire question to make friends at unfamiliar places.

Why React Router v7 Doesn't Have A Good PWA Solution

It's tradeoffs, all the way down.

Best Media of 2025

Notes from my Beginner Computer Literacy Class Part 1

Helping the uninitiated navigate this brave new digital world

React Server Components: Do They Really Improve Performance?

Cassette Tapes

Unseasonably Warm

Daily Writing

A post a day keeps the brain fog away