Malleable Software and AI Discussion with Maggie Appleton
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📞 @mschoening and I sometimes have meandering calls about malleable software and AI. This morning we tried recording one! We talked about cognitive debt, why CLIs are having their moment, what comes after files, and reverse-engineering smart homes... 06:55 - How software promotes agency 19:21 - Composable tools 25:00 - Smart home lighting hacks w/ Claude 33:20 - The subtle magic of CLIs 39:35 - Maintenance costs for personal software 43:19 - Avoiding cognitive debt with AI-generated explanations
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