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Mountain§ide

Mountains is thinking out loud.

I figure things out by writing them down.

Mts, short for Mountains, is my online ID. I use it for writing, gaming, sharing good food, and almost everything else I do online. I'm also the Community Gardener at Superlinear Academy.

2026

  1. We Will Never Be AI Natives

    But we can build the first towns

    It starts with the term AI native: Those of us who learned to work before AI will never be natives, but neither were the people who founded new countries.

  2. Impressionists, the Hamburger Menu, and Vibe Coding

    How Joke Names Go Official

    It starts with a nickname from a design class: Many names we use quite seriously today began as something someone said in passing.

  3. Be Dependable

    Six things to learn before your placement and your first job

    On Monday, October 26, I accepted a placement at a local hospital.

  4. The AI Look Is an Uncanny Valley of Taste

    Beauty doesn't need decimal-point precision

    This piece grew out of building my personal website over the past two weeks.

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