a photo of the robot luggage-storage arm at the Yotel in NYC

Bots Behaving Badly

I’ve seen an uptick in people I respect concluding that the massive increase in badly-behaved web-scraping bot is intentional and just another example of sociopathic AI companies ripping-up long-respected web conventions for the sake of profit

April 2, 2025 · 7 min · Geoffrey Bilder
CDG airport, terminal 2f: Urban gardening installation with rows of gray plastic pots arranged in neat lines on a concrete surface within what appears to be a brutalist architectural setting. The concrete structure has several levels with pillars and overhead cables visible.

The Developer Experience in Early 2025

Imagine pair programming with an eccentric software developer…

January 25, 2025 · 2 min · Geoffrey Bilder