Hello, I'm
Kris Walker
Computer Programmer
Founder of www.kixx.dev where I spend my time arguing with artificial intelligence.
I also curate a web magazine: www.kixx.news
Writing
These are the self selected highlights from the essays I've written so far. Check out my writing archive to get it all.
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Developing Good Taste
Having good taste and making good things matters now more than it ever has. The incredible thing is that we can develop a taste for what's good.
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The Invariants of Great Work
I’ve pulled out all the bits of Paul Grahams’s essay, How to do Great Work, which I think are the characteristics, behaviors, and mental models which need to be held constant to be able to do our best work. In Paul’s words, these are the “invariants of great work”
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My Last Day at Disney
This ends an 7 year chapter of my life which I'll really miss. But I'm also excited about what's next.
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Good takes effort
I’ve been reflecting on all the swirl around vibe coding and AI code generation and come to a comforting conclusion: Good work takes effort, and there is no shortcut for that.
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Make Your Own Luck
Luck plays a role in our successes and failures. But we can make our own luck if we take deliberate action to make ourselves a target for it.
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Resources
Stuff I've found laying around the web that I find interesting or useful.
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Programming with AI
A sub collection of links to resources I've found helpful in my journey to build software with AI tools.