Becoming Gnarly: essays on craft, judgment, and taking the harder path — starting with making in the AI era.
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June 2, 2026 · by Michael Morrison
Article 1 of 2 in Making
The through-line under everything else here — the essays, the software, the games, the bees, the skate ramps. A case for choosing the harder path when the harder path is the one worth taking, and the harder skill of telling which paths those are.
June 5, 2026 · by Michael Morrison
Article 2 of 2 in Making
A joke about a product that frees you from the one thing you actually wanted to do. The line between a tool that assists living and a tool that replaces it — and why convenience has a default direction worth watching.