Data

Data determines
Computing

The worth of data is tied to its potential applications - any conversation about its cost should start with comprehension of its intended usage and the user.

Data Notion

Data Usages

Data is the
Application

With agentic coding, UI and features have become almost entirely reversible, but user data is still a one-way door - so data ends up being the core asset of an application.

Data is the application

Agentic coding gave everything in my apps an undo button: layouts, features, translations, bugs. Everything except the data. That's where I slow down now.

https://ma.ttias.be/data-is-the-application/

Data is often considered objective, but it is closer to a self-referential computational identity. Therefore, rather than pursuing objectivity, we should recognize data's biases and use it critically.

On the objectivity of data-driven decisions

Notes on Benn Stancil's post in 2021 Tilt and tilted, about the objectivity of data-driven decisions.