MrComputerScience.com ยท Est. 2010
I Spent Decades Knowing Things.
Then AI Learned Them.
So I closed the old blog and started something considerably stranger.
Hi, I'm Mike D, also known as MrComputerScience. Since June 13, 2010, this site has been my little corner of the internet.
I published hundreds of free articles about computer science, Linux, cybersecurity, programming, discrete math, writing, and whatever other wonderfully nerdy rabbit hole had captured my attention.
I taught tens of thousands of students on platforms like Udemy and Skillshare. Before that, I worked in IT for some of the largest organizations on Earth.
In other words, I built my entire career around knowing computer stuff.
Then AI happened.
And it turns out that teaching computers to do computer stuff is a pretty effective way to make a computer nerd's life's work feel... somewhat obsolete.
Whoops.
So I deleted the old WordPress blog. Hundreds of articles disappeared into the great digital abyss.
I could have spent the rest of my life pretending nothing had changed. Instead, I decided to pay extremely close attention to the thing that was changing everything.
That's why I launched Pithy Cyborg | AI News Made Simple. It's a free weekly newsletter that cuts through the noise in about five minutes. If that sounds useful, you can subscribe right here:
Joining is totally free. There's an optional $5 membership if you want to support the work, but it's completely optional.
Either way, thanks for reading this page.
I work really hard on the newsletter. I send it every Wednesday morning (unless something is very wrong).
Thousands of people already read it. Many of them are smarter and more successful than I am.
I'm not bragging. I'm actually kind of embarrassed for being such a miserable underachiever. Oh well.
Join in any case. I'm working hard on the next issue right now. See you Wednesday?
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Anyway, that's what happened to MrComputerScience.com.
The old internet version of me built a website and spent years writing about computers.
The new version spends his time trying to figure out what the computers are doing next.
So, no. I haven't completely abandoned the internet or society.
Yet.
See you Wednesday,
Mike D
P.S. If you only do one thing here, it's the form at the top of the page. Free, five minutes a week, and one click to leave if I bore you.