Linguistics, Theology, and the Shape of Good Software

My formal education was in theology and linguistics. My trade is software engineering. People sometimes hear that combination as an odd bit of biography, something to mention after the useful qualific…

Article · @_andrewthecoder

298

andrewthecoder · Oct 8, 2026 · 5:45 PM UTC

andrewthecoder

@_andrewthecoderOct 8

When Code Is Cheap, Understanding Is Expensive

The hardest question about a piece of software has never been “Who typed this?” It has been “Why should we believe it is correct?” That question does not get easier when an AI wrote half the f…

Article · @_andrewthecoder

466

andrewthecoder · Aug 13, 2026 · 11:17 AM UTC

andrewthecoder

@_andrewthecoderAug 13

Beyond Transformers: AI Needs Memory, Not Just More Context

Transformers changed AI by making it possible for every token to directly attend to every other token. That breakthrough made modern large language models possible, but it also made attention feel lik…

Article · @_andrewthecoder

175