Engineering, AI, philosophy, and sovereignty — essays by Daniel Szpisjak.https://danielszpisjak.com/https://danielszpisjak.com/blog/ai-art-fragile-reflections/https://danielszpisjak.com/blog/ai-art-fragile-reflections/Recently, as I discussed self-reflection and consciousness with a psychologist friend. As I pondered this idea, I turned to AI to turn it into a poem.Fri, 11 Apr 2025 08:54:35 GMThttps://danielszpisjak.com/blog/good-news-its-your-fault/https://danielszpisjak.com/blog/good-news-its-your-fault/Things don't work out, the stars don't align, people don't keep their promises, the circumstances change for the worse...Wed, 22 Jan 2025 12:18:42 GMThttps://danielszpisjak.com/blog/museum-of-humanity/https://danielszpisjak.com/blog/museum-of-humanity/This is the conversation between a young post-human individual (user) and the Museum of Humanity's AI (agent).Tue, 13 Aug 2024 15:29:04 GMThttps://danielszpisjak.com/blog/effective-learning/https://danielszpisjak.com/blog/effective-learning/Over time, I've found myself instinctively employing a specific technique to swiftly absorb knowledge from diverse fields. This post is a deliberate effort to articulate and share this valuable technique.Mon, 05 Aug 2024 08:47:00 GMThttps://danielszpisjak.com/blog/generating-a-caesar-cipher-wheel-with-ai/https://danielszpisjak.com/blog/generating-a-caesar-cipher-wheel-with-ai/Natural language is so much more expressive and yet much less precise. It's the ultimate abstraction layer. It's so high and so detached from code that even non-programmers can express themselves in a way that machines understand. Imagine the power of programming in the hands of everyone on Earth.Wed, 12 Jun 2024 20:35:07 GMThttps://danielszpisjak.com/blog/ai-and-the-future-of-software-development/https://danielszpisjak.com/blog/ai-and-the-future-of-software-development/Wed, 10 Apr 2024 06:18:50 GMThttps://danielszpisjak.com/blog/upgrading-ram-on-my-home-server/https://danielszpisjak.com/blog/upgrading-ram-on-my-home-server/I own a HP ProLiant Microserver Gen10+ which is customizable just enough to bring back those delightful moments. This post documents my journey of upgrading RAM in my home server.Tue, 02 Jan 2024 23:41:47 GMThttps://danielszpisjak.com/blog/why-i-write-and-why-you-should-too/https://danielszpisjak.com/blog/why-i-write-and-why-you-should-too/Write to learn, to think and to share. It'll change your life. Start today.Tue, 26 Dec 2023 22:13:01 GMThttps://danielszpisjak.com/blog/ngxs-vs-ngrx-a-comprehensive-guide-to-state-management-in-angular/https://danielszpisjak.com/blog/ngxs-vs-ngrx-a-comprehensive-guide-to-state-management-in-angular/NGXS and NgRx take two different approaches to the same challenges. Read on to discover how and why. I wish this post existed, so I wrote it.Wed, 13 Dec 2023 07:47:00 GMThttps://danielszpisjak.com/blog/chasing-ghosts-decoding-id3-tags/https://danielszpisjak.com/blog/chasing-ghosts-decoding-id3-tags/Occasionally, I find myself digging in places I wish I never knew about. This post is my tribute to one of these times.Tue, 28 Nov 2023 23:11:34 GMThttps://danielszpisjak.com/blog/the-value-of-money-over-time/https://danielszpisjak.com/blog/the-value-of-money-over-time/Money is a strange thing; it behaves in weird ways. And the more you uncover its mechanics, the stranger it becomes, and your intuitions deceive you.Mon, 27 Nov 2023 08:02:00 GMThttps://danielszpisjak.com/blog/rpi4-and-tinytoslink/https://danielszpisjak.com/blog/rpi4-and-tinytoslink/Mon, 09 Oct 2023 21:55:26 GMThttps://danielszpisjak.com/blog/explorian-devlog-ep-1-the-story/https://danielszpisjak.com/blog/explorian-devlog-ep-1-the-story/Tue, 12 Sep 2023 20:19:07 GMThttps://danielszpisjak.com/blog/explorian-devlog-ep-0-trailer/https://danielszpisjak.com/blog/explorian-devlog-ep-0-trailer/Mon, 28 Aug 2023 21:41:34 GMThttps://danielszpisjak.com/blog/do-not-build-a-platform/https://danielszpisjak.com/blog/do-not-build-a-platform/Insourcing infrastructure and platform building may seem tempting, but it often leads to underestimated costs and substantial opportunity costs. By focusing on your core product and relying on specialized platform providers, you can achieve better outcomes. Embrace the advantages of outsourcing and prioritize delivering value to your customers through your products and services.Tue, 21 Mar 2023 22:53:27 GMThttps://danielszpisjak.com/blog/just-enough-ux/https://danielszpisjak.com/blog/just-enough-ux/Value delivered always comes before any UX/UI shenanigans. Users will jump through hoops and slay dragons to get to value. UX is a must up to a point. After that, its value quickly deteriorates.Tue, 17 Jan 2023 23:40:34 GMThttps://danielszpisjak.com/blog/thinking-is-power/https://danielszpisjak.com/blog/thinking-is-power/Teach your kids to think and reason, and they will achieve great things. You need to let them start.Fri, 23 Sep 2022 21:18:00 GMThttps://danielszpisjak.com/blog/growth/https://danielszpisjak.com/blog/growth/Getting deeper into what growth means. How it’s vowen into my daily life and what steps am I taking to cultivate it.Fri, 15 Oct 2021 21:12:00 GMThttps://danielszpisjak.com/blog/a-talk-with-my-son/https://danielszpisjak.com/blog/a-talk-with-my-son/For our children, every evening ends with a fable. Sometimes, he asks questions after it. By asking, he is exploring the world right from his bed just before sleep.Mon, 24 May 2021 21:05:00 GMThttps://danielszpisjak.com/blog/a-purpose-in-life/https://danielszpisjak.com/blog/a-purpose-in-life/To grow and to serve in harmony here and now. This post is an exploration of my calling in life. I pose questions and dive into the meaning of this phrase.Wed, 19 May 2021 21:35:00 GMT