The Curious Engineer

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Abstractionist by Keenen Charles

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Essays about tech, media, art and how they impact us.

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116 from 15 May 2017 to 10 Sep 2026
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monthly (6 in the last year)
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2026 4

  1. Am I Being Gaslit by AI?
  2. Slump
  3. Cognitive Dissonance
  4. We're Cursed

2025 8

  1. Let Me Be Delusional
  2. Tech I Believe In
  3. Smart Glasses Are Real
  4. A Year of No Posts
  5. The "Good" Internet
  6. Afflict The Comfortable
  7. Saying Goodbye to Twitter
  8. Why I Believe In Email Newsletters

2024 10

  1. Side Project Review: A Year of No Growth
  2. Meta is Getting AR Right
  3. AI is Not a Friend
  4. People Power
  5. Dark Mode Sucks
  6. Do What Works for You
  7. Maintaining Focus Without Existential Threats
  8. Why Do the Humane AI Pin and Rabbit R1 Exist?
  9. Is the Vision Pro enough?
  10. Age Just Doesn't Matter

2023 1

  1. Netflix Can Make More Money With Password Sharing

2022 2

  1. There are no good kings and queens
  2. Finding The Next Tech Platform

2021 4

  1. What's Movie Success in The Streaming Era?
  2. We Can End the Climate Crisis. But Can We Prevent the Next One?
  3. Just Be Rich 🤷‍♂️
  4. Don't Just Build X For Your Country

2020 15

  1. Complex Stories: Battlestar Galactica
  2. 5 Marketing Tips For People With No Friends
  3. Complex Stories: The Last of Us Part II
  4. Why Laugh At Quibi's Failure?
  5. Why Do You Play Video Games?
  6. Screen Time
  7. Harsh Truths
  8. Growth At All Costs
  9. Music Devaluation
  10. March 2020 Recap
  11. Things To Do While Trapped At Home
  12. Create a Blog in a Subdirectory with Hexo
  13. SEO Tips For Directory Sites
  14. 2020 Won't Be The Year of Foldables
  15. 2019: Finding My Niche & Some Fun

2019 69

  1. Unapologetic
  2. Goals for Redesigning Wave Radio
  3. Sincerity
  4. Building a Blog for Wave Radio
  5. Why Tumblr Should Copy Patreon
  6. Suffering For Art
  7. What Is Adulthood?
  8. Change is Good But Scary
  9. Why I Killed User Activity
  10. Euphoria
  11. It's Not HBO. It's TV.
  12. Trends
  13. My Favourite Things of The Week (2019 #10)
  14. My Note Taking Roster
  15. But...it's Facebook
  16. Preserving Culture
  17. What Are You Willing To Live With?
  18. Wave Radio Launch
  19. Apple: Support or GTFO
  20. Tired, But Good Tired
  21. Microsoft's Rebranding
  22. Being Human
  23. Home
  24. Our Lack of Control
  25. Needing A Break
  26. Game Streaming Lowers the Barriers
  27. The Joy of an Unlikely Win
  28. Risk being ridiculed
  29. My Favorite Things This Week (2019 #9)
  30. Instantly Infectious
  31. Value Your Products
  32. Innovating
  33. Managing Anxiety As a Maker
  34. The Limits of Social Media
  35. The Trap of Building More
  36. My Favorite Things This Week (2019 #7)
  37. Every Opinion Isn't As Valuable
  38. Changing Norms
  39. Maintaining New Habits
  40. My Favorite Things This Week (2019 #6)
  41. A Jobless World
  42. My Favorite Things This Week (2019 #5)
  43. Fake News & The Need for Internet Literacy
  44. How Do You Measure Progress In Writing?
  45. Building Dynamic Emails with HEML in Node & Express
  46. Resisting Our Preconceived Opinions
  47. My Favorite Things This Week (2019 #4)
  48. The Struggle To Finish A Side Project
  49. This Ain't For You, This Be For My Health
  50. Putting Your Thoughts Into Words
  51. Don't Take The Money
  52. Accepting The Risk of Embarrassment
  53. My Favorite Things This Week (2019 #3)
  54. Happy Birthday Mac
  55. Whataboutism
  56. Google Killing Products Is Ok
  57. Putting Your Side Project On Auto Pilot
  58. Switching The Schedule Up
  59. #10YearChallenge - Facebook Has Changed
  60. A Little Better Every Day
  61. My Favorite Things This Week (2019 #2)
  62. Vocation Not Work
  63. Redefining Your Limits
  64. Why Do Online Discussions Tend Toward Negativity?
  65. My Favorite Things This Week (2019 #1)
  66. Designing A Logo For A Side Project
  67. Finding Your Niche
  68. Designing A Brand For A Side Project
  69. Naked Ambition

2018 1

  1. My Maker Journey So Far

2017 2

  1. Netflix, Disney & The Future of Streaming Services
  2. Android Unsplash API Library