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Thoughts on Christian Voluntarism, technology, and personal growth
Thrifted Eras
A kid in a Nirvana smiley tee, AirPods in, scrolling. Who's making money off the refusal that band was built on? That question opens into something stranger: not a story about selling out, but about what gets stripped when the body leaves the clothes. From grunge to generative AI, from midnight Phantom Menace showings to a waitress in bowling shoes whose name is lost, a meditation on participation, finitude, and the rack with no bodies.
In Defense of the System That Remembers
Legacy systems are full of mysterious logic that looks ripe for "simplification." But sometimes that convoluted code is the only place where critical decisions (legal requirements, compliance rules, hard-won lessons) still live. Before you modernize, ask yourself: is this grandma's recipe or just her undersized pan? The difference between a successful migration and a compliance nightmare often comes down to one thing: understanding before you change.