Grady Booch
@booch.com
scientist, storyteller, philosopher
computingthehumanexperience.com
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Grady Booch
@booch.com
· Nov 18
The story of computing is the story of humanity: this is a story of ambition, invention, creativity, vision, avarice, power, and serendipity, powered by a refusal to accept the limits of our bodies and our minds.
Upon waking, there’s one obituary I look for to see if it’s yet been published
January 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Upon waking, there’s one obituary I look for to see if it’s yet been published
Well, I do have seven cats.
January 9, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Well, I do have seven cats.
Anything and everything.
Remember that we designed the language to visualize and reason about the design of software-intensive systems.
The James Webb Space Telescope was designed using the UML. I’m using it these days as I build out a neurosymbolic system.
Remember that we designed the language to visualize and reason about the design of software-intensive systems.
The James Webb Space Telescope was designed using the UML. I’m using it these days as I build out a neurosymbolic system.
January 9, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Anything and everything.
Remember that we designed the language to visualize and reason about the design of software-intensive systems.
The James Webb Space Telescope was designed using the UML. I’m using it these days as I build out a neurosymbolic system.
Remember that we designed the language to visualize and reason about the design of software-intensive systems.
The James Webb Space Telescope was designed using the UML. I’m using it these days as I build out a neurosymbolic system.
Self: a neurosymbolic architecture I first developed in conjunction with a project for NASA’s mission to Mars.
January 9, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Self: a neurosymbolic architecture I first developed in conjunction with a project for NASA’s mission to Mars.
Behind me is my own Sword of Damocles, a HAL 9000 terminal whose eye looks over me with a sterile indifference.
January 9, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Behind me is my own Sword of Damocles, a HAL 9000 terminal whose eye looks over me with a sterile indifference.
On the wall before me is a reproduction of a wooden clock from 1337, whose ambient sound serves as a reminder of the analog world outside.
January 9, 2026 at 6:04 AM
On the wall before me is a reproduction of a wooden clock from 1337, whose ambient sound serves as a reminder of the analog world outside.
My compute fabric includes a Mac Studio, a powerful Win11 PC, a cluster of NVIDIA Jetson Orins, a DGX Spark, and an AGX Thor.
January 9, 2026 at 6:04 AM
My compute fabric includes a Mac Studio, a powerful Win11 PC, a cluster of NVIDIA Jetson Orins, a DGX Spark, and an AGX Thor.
In my home office, I work at a desk nestled in a library of some 6000 books, their presence reminding me of the lives and the accomplishments and the ideas of the individuals who labored to create them and who speak to me through them.
January 9, 2026 at 6:04 AM
In my home office, I work at a desk nestled in a library of some 6000 books, their presence reminding me of the lives and the accomplishments and the ideas of the individuals who labored to create them and who speak to me through them.
Do you like genAI slop?
I do not like them, Google: stop!
I do not like genAI slop.
Would you like them here or there?
I would not like them here or there.
I would not like them anywhere.
I do not like genAI slop.
I do not like them, Google: stop!
I do not like them, Google: stop!
I do not like genAI slop.
Would you like them here or there?
I would not like them here or there.
I would not like them anywhere.
I do not like genAI slop.
I do not like them, Google: stop!
January 8, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Do you like genAI slop?
I do not like them, Google: stop!
I do not like genAI slop.
Would you like them here or there?
I would not like them here or there.
I would not like them anywhere.
I do not like genAI slop.
I do not like them, Google: stop!
I do not like them, Google: stop!
I do not like genAI slop.
Would you like them here or there?
I would not like them here or there.
I would not like them anywhere.
I do not like genAI slop.
I do not like them, Google: stop!
Mostly; I have a system that produces 32 kW at peak, and most days I generate a surplus of electricity that I push back to the grid.
January 5, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Mostly; I have a system that produces 32 kW at peak, and most days I generate a surplus of electricity that I push back to the grid.
Here at the start of 2026, I'm building out my own personal supercomputer data center consisting of an NVIDIA DGX Spark, a Jetson Thor, and a cluster of four Jetson Orin Nanos.
January 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Here at the start of 2026, I'm building out my own personal supercomputer data center consisting of an NVIDIA DGX Spark, a Jetson Thor, and a cluster of four Jetson Orin Nanos.
The Trump administration is conducting vibe geopolitics.
I do not think this is going to end well.
I do not think this is going to end well.
January 5, 2026 at 2:32 AM
The Trump administration is conducting vibe geopolitics.
I do not think this is going to end well.
I do not think this is going to end well.
Reposted by Grady Booch
it's time to play America's favorite new game, 'what the fuck am I waking up to now'
January 3, 2026 at 10:22 AM
it's time to play America's favorite new game, 'what the fuck am I waking up to now'
This is disturbing on many levels.
January 3, 2026 at 5:22 AM
This is disturbing on many levels.
News flash: MIT rediscovers coupling and cohesion and the idea of a well-structured distribution of responsibilities.
This sounds like it meshes very closely with an idea I had about "atomic development", which I keep meaning to write up, as well as possibly this one - news.mit.edu/2025/mit-res...
MIT researchers propose a new model for legible, modular software
A new MIT CSAIL approach breaks software systems into “concepts,” or individual pieces designed to do one job, and “synchronizations,” or explicit rules that describe how those pieces fit together. Th...
news.mit.edu
December 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
News flash: MIT rediscovers coupling and cohesion and the idea of a well-structured distribution of responsibilities.
A large language model thinks like a human to the same degree that the Stratolaunch ROC flies like a hummingbird.
December 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
A large language model thinks like a human to the same degree that the Stratolaunch ROC flies like a hummingbird.
Then: The Gilded Age
Now: The Gilded GenAI Age
Now: The Gilded GenAI Age
December 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Then: The Gilded Age
Now: The Gilded GenAI Age
Now: The Gilded GenAI Age
The entire history of software engineering is one of rising levels of abstraction.
This is as it was, is now, and always shall be.
x.com/karpathy/sta...
This is as it was, is now, and always shall be.
x.com/karpathy/sta...
Andrej Karpathy on X: "I've never felt this much behind as a programmer. The profession is being dramatically refactored as the bits contributed by the programmer are increasingly sparse and between. I have a sense that I could be 10X more powerful if I just properly string together what has become" / X
I've never felt this much behind as a programmer. The profession is being dramatically refactored as the bits contributed by the programmer are increasingly sparse and between. I have a sense that I could be 10X more powerful if I just properly string together what has become
x.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:24 AM
The entire history of software engineering is one of rising levels of abstraction.
This is as it was, is now, and always shall be.
x.com/karpathy/sta...
This is as it was, is now, and always shall be.
x.com/karpathy/sta...
The story of computing is shaped by the concepts of computational thinking, was forged in the fires of conflict and commerce, and even now is the loom that weaves and is itself woven by the tapestry of our human experience.
November 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The story of computing is shaped by the concepts of computational thinking, was forged in the fires of conflict and commerce, and even now is the loom that weaves and is itself woven by the tapestry of our human experience.
