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AI and the Commons

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Recently I stumbled upon a tweet by an open-source maintainer, ranting about AI and how it affects his ability to monetize his OSS project (emphasis mine):

All my new code will be closed-source from now on. I’ve contributed millions of lines of carefully written OSS code over the past decade, spent thousands of hours helping other people. If you want to use my libraries (1M+ downloads/month) in the future, you have to pay.

DFCE 2025: Regulation, Innovation, and Friction

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Last week, I had the opportunity to attend DFCE 2025 organized by AITI. At the conference, I wore two hats from work: that of a data governance enabler and a data architect for our effort in migrating (and re-architecting) a data platform to the cloud. There are a lot of interesting topics covered, generally around data governance (specifically, the Personal Data Protection Order, PDPO) and, of course, AI, with optimism mixed with cautionary reminders.

Of Kind Chess and Wicked Programming: How AI Influences Our Creativity

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Magnus Carlsen announced in a podcast that he would no longer defend the title he’d won in 2022 after consecutively remaining undefeated in the World Chess Championship since 2013. Many critics speculated he had lost his passion or was too afraid to lose to the next generation of players. About two years later, in March 2024, he announced the inaugural tournament of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour—a series of five major Chess960 tournaments held across different continents throughout 2025.

Masquerading Digitalization

Thu, 11 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Digitalization, or digital transformation, has long since become a key factor responsible for the progress and development of the world’s economies. “Every company is a technology company,” or variations of the phrase, is an oft-spoken mantra for highlighting the importance of digitalization to every organization, no matter the industry. Recently, the push for digital transformation is usually induced by the furor surrounding emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, big data, and blockchain.