Ash Furrow

  1. LinkedIn for AI

    My corner of the web was atwitter lately as a few prominent members of the Apple/iOS developer community decided to announce they were spending time on X again; people got mad. And it’s kind of bothering me how people seem to be talking past each other...

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  2. Photo Blog Migration

    In 2013, when it was still in beta, I signed up for Exposure. This is a web publishing tool for photographers, to organize their work into photo blog posts. It does a lot more than that, especially as they’ve added new features over the years, but I’ve...

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  3. Agency

    I’ve been writing more lately, as I work through my feelings about changes to the software development industry. After Cory Doctorow was eviscerated about his use of a local for spellcheck I shut my mouth about them. And I’m tired of that. This post is...

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  4. Wealthsimple Native App Rebuild

    Last week, at Wealthsimple Presents, my employer announced the project I’ve been working on: a new native app! Here’s a timestamped link. I’m really excited for this! Expect big things. At times, I’ve told an iOS developer that Wealthsimple’s app is...

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  5. My Slow Return to a Swift Career

    I recently gave this talk at the SwiftRockies conference in Calgary. This blog post expands on a few points that I didn’t have time for in the presentation, as well as some updates since then. The talk is here. Because I’ll be discussing my work with...

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  6. LLMs Are Tools

    I have an enormous respect for Rich Hickey; I think he’s one of the best thinkers among software developers. When I read his post ‘AI’ is Not a Tool (gist), I initially agreed. It felt like a compelling argument. But the more I thought about it, the more...

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  7. One Year at Wealthsimple

    One year ago, after reflecting on what I really wanted from my career (and what I didn’t want), I joined Wealthsimple. Time has absolutely flown by! And you know me, I can’t help but blog about it. I joined Wealthsimple with the role of caring about the...

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  8. Radiating Intent

    I had a new member of my team join recently and, when I met with them one-on-one for the first time, they complimented me on my standup updates. My team works remotely so standups are an important touchpoint. My colleague and I talked a bit more about...

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  9. May You Live Forth and Prosper

    Three years ago today, I was laid off from Shopify. Ever since, Star Wars Day has been an annual reminder of that difficult experience. Legally speaking, I have no opinions about my former employer. But… getting laid off was a truly awful experience, and...

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  10. AI Coding Tools

    I started writing this blog post as an attempt to collect and distill all my various thoughts and feelings about AI and AI coding tools. But the longer I took to write it, the more things kept changing, and the harder it became to fulfill that scope. So...

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