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Jay Hoffmann

I work at Reaktiv. I write at The History of the Web.

Momentum

When I’m running around doing all sorts of stuff, how can I find the time to properly build momentum, and keep it.

Folding a Project

Folding a blade is a metaphor I find myself returning to fairly often, especially when it comes to process.

I'm using AI wrong

I swear, every time I hear a use case it makes no sense to me. I'm not sure I'll ever feel fully comfortable in it.

The Speed of Travel

Me and the family went on a really incredible trip lately. But it all happened so fast.

I tried something a little different with this weeks newsletter. I wrote about reclaiming the webs lost humanity. It’s still there, if you know where to look. I’ve been thinking of it as the analog web.

https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/the-analog-web/

Posted to Mastodon

I'm an efficient sorting algorithm

Over and over, day after day, here I go sorting my things.

Hosting Easter

Here's how I prepped the first Easter at our hour

Superhero movies were a blip

It has felt like the superhero blockbuster meant the end of a certain kind of film. But maybe that was just something temporary.

Sunday Sauce

This weekend I made Sunday Sauce. And there’s something about it that just feels comforting to make.

The React Rewrite

An article I read this week got me thinking about rewrites, and how certain frameworks push them into existence.

Taking the long view

I’ve been thinking about ‘East of Eden’, and I found myself drawn to Lee’s life vision, which is kind of the opposite of today’s deteriorating attention spans and overcommitted lives.

Using Full Site Editing as a Developer

My quest for control inside of WordPress’ full site editing.

Letting Go

Letting go means a lot of things. But it’s not always easy to relinquish control.

The analog, human web

I’ve been thinking about a new term to represent the personalized, human-curated web in stark contrast to our algorithm-based echo chambers.

Paranoia ahead of revolution

The French Revolution, with its ideological rigidity and conspiracy theories, mirrors today’s political climate where politicians dismiss opposition without proper scrutiny.