An Engineer's Love Letter to the Music Video
Between art film and advertisement, the music video became one of the most inventive visual forms of the last fifty years. A case for loving it openly.
Jun 5, 2026
Curation Rationale
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YouTube Wasn't Built for Discovery: We Built This
YouTube is the world's largest music video library and one of its worst places to discover music. On the difference between a warehouse and a record store.
May 31, 2026
The Case Against the Autoplay Rabbit Hole
Autoplay promises endless discovery and delivers a slow drift into sameness. Why the feature that never lets you stop is the enemy of finding anything.
May 30, 2026
Why We Curate Instead of Letting an Algorithm Decide
Recommendation engines are extraordinary at keeping you watching and terrible at showing you what matters. A case for the human art of curation.
May 29, 2026