Pierre De Lancre
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Why make a blog?
2026-06-24
Not a scientist
There are ways for people working in software to influence the world, get their thoughts and work to do something other than take up drive space:
- Make OSS
- Make a product
- Become a YouTuber
- Publish research papers
- Get a job
Now, that list sounds fun, doesn't it?
So why not?
There are contentions about points 1 and 2, that I will discuss a little bit later.
YouTuber? That's fun, that's engaging. Do people like watching someone rant for many minutes instead of reading text at their own pace? Someone, probably. But: YouTube requires schedules (hell), script-to-finished-video pipeline (suffering) and a subject matter that has a level of refinement high enough to warrant visualization throughout (despair).
I am no researcher. Well, from academic perspective. I do research all the time, and it's not about earth's flatness. But academic resources, peers to review things, and actual discipline and time to make a full-fledged paper are things yours truly, regrettably, lacks. For now. Science is what I crave. But becoming a researcher is... Well, university/institute path is in the works, let's say.
No job for now. Apparently back-end engineering is now a collection of rites and incantations with a chance of passing at around single-digit percent per interview, if you even get one.
This leaves me with the dumb, but time-tested format of having a blog. And - a good excuse to make the website an actual website instead of a static html placeholder page.
I like discussion. It's important to get out of modern echo chambers, especially the LLM-powered ones. You can find me @pierre:chaosmith.systems
If any necessity arises, I will create a Space there. Or a group chat. Not sure what human group communication is like nowadays.
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