Every Choice Changes Everything: The Show
Coding Horrorby Jeff Atwood22 Jun 2026
About 3 weeks ago, Leo Laporte and I recorded the first episode of what will be a new monthly show on the TWiT network.
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Coding Horrorby Jeff Atwood20 Apr 2026
It's been one of those months, and by that, I mean one of the 663 months since I was born. This won't be a long post, because I only have two things to say.
Launching The Rural Guaranteed Minimum Income Initiative
Coding Horrorby Jeff Atwood4 Feb 2026
It's been a year since I invited Americans to join us in a pledge to Share the American Dream: 1. Support organizations you feel are effectively helping those most in need across America right now.
The Road Not Taken is Guaranteed Minimum Income
Coding Horrorby Jeff Atwood20 Mar 2025
The following is drawn from a speech I delivered today at Cooper Union’s Great Hall in New York City, where I joined Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman to discuss the future of the American...
Let's Talk About The American Dream
Coding Horrorby Jeff Atwood6 Mar 2025
A few months ago I wrote about what it means to stay gold — to hold on to the best parts of ourselves, our communities, and the American Dream itself. But staying gold isn’t passive. It takes work.
The Great Filter Comes For Us All
Coding Horrorby Jeff Atwood2 Dec 2024
With a 13 billion year head start on evolution, why haven’t any other forms of life in the universe contacted us by now? (Arrival is a fantastic movie.
I Fight For The Users
Coding Horrorby Jeff Atwood30 Nov 2023
If you haven’t been able to keep up with my blistering pace of one blog post per year, I don’t blame you. There’s a lot going on right now. It’s a busy time.
The 2030 Self-Driving Car Bet
Coding Horrorby Jeff Atwood4 Mar 2022
It’s my honor to announce that John Carmack and I have initiated a friendly bet of $10,000* to the 501(c)(3) charity of the winner’s choice: By January 1st, 2030, completely autonomous self-driving...
Building a PC, Part IX: Downsizing
Coding Horrorby Jeff Atwood19 Apr 2020
Hard to believe that I’ve had the same PC case since 2011, and my last serious upgrade was in 2015.
The Rise of the Electric Scooter
Coding Horrorby Jeff Atwood12 Sept 2019
In an electric car, the (enormous) battery is a major part of the price. If electric car prices are decreasing, battery costs must be decreasing, because it’s not like the cost of fabricating...
Electric Geek Transportation Systems
Coding Horrorby Jeff Atwood20 Aug 2019
I’ve never thought of myself as a “car person.” The last new car I bought (and in fact, now that I think about it, the first new car I ever bought) was the quirky 1998 Ford Contour SVT.
An Exercise Program for the Fat Web
Coding Horrorby Jeff Atwood30 May 2019
When I wrote about App-pocalypse Now in 2014, I implied the future still belonged to the web. And it does.
The Cloud Is Just Someone Else’s Computer
Coding Horrorby Jeff Atwood17 Feb 2019
When we started Discourse in 2013, our server requirements were high: - 1GB RAM - modern, fast dual core CPU - speedy solid state drive with 20+ GB I’m not talking about a cheapo shared cpanel...