1996: Learned programming; got idealistic about computers.

1999-2007: PhD in CS.

2008-2012: Lots of Lisp programming. Got disillusioned about Tech in practice.

2013-2021: Built a computing stack up from machine code to disconnect from Tech in general and web browsers in particular.

2022: A more timeless doctrine of computing agency, beyond current Tech and the historically contingent arc of web browsers.

2026: Maximize degrees of freedom, or die trying.

Anchor influences

• Fred Reinfeld, "Chess mastery by question and answer"
• Clay Shirky, "Situated software"
• Paul Colinvaux, "The fates of nations"
• Paul Graham, "Design and research"
• Peter Naur, "Programming as theory building"
• Richard Gabriel, "The quality without a name", "Patterns of software"
• Christopher Alexander, "Notes on the synthesis of form"
• Christopher Alexander, "The nature of order"
• Venkatesh Rao, "The return of the barbarian"
• John Salvatier, "Reality has a surprising amount of detail"
• Henrik Karlsson, "Almost anything you give attention to will begin to loop on itself and bloom"

Anchor communities

• Arc Lisp
• Ribbonfarm
• FoC