Author: Ryan Neudorf

  • Is shadow work ruining the job market?

    A recent episode of the Every Little Thing podcast discusses the rise of self-checkout machines. It’s a fascinating tale, one that I would have never guessed started over 100 years ago with the opening of the Piggly Wiggly chain. Self-checkout is a commonly used example of the impending threat of automation. I know I personally…


  • Reconsidering Net Neutrality

    When Net Neutrality concerns started to rise up 5 – 10 years ago, it seemed like an open and shut case. Obviously we want the net to remain neutral, but at what cost? The Internet is humanity’s most powerful instrument of free speech and commerce, legislation that has power over the content of internet traffic…


  • Must Listen – Background music for coding

    A Spotify user has been maintaining an incredible 3600+ song playlist of great background music for coding. Mainly free of vocals, electronic heavy, lots of sound tracks. Whenever I am having trouble finding music to help me focus, I load up this mega-playlist, hit next on random until I find something I like.