About the author
Peter Harrison
@cheetah100
Peter is the former President of the New Zealand Open Source Society. He is currently working on Business Workflow Automation, and is the core maintainer for Gravity Workflow a GPL workflow engine.
Auckland, New Zealand
Oct 10
The Epistemology of Quality
How do we know code is correct, and what role does human code review play in knowing it?
Jul 1
The Siren
Seduced by the dark side
May 2
AI in Journalism
An experiment with AI Journalism
Apr 4
Pitfalls of Claude Code
Account of the pitfalls when using Claude Code
Mar 13
Getting AI Governance Right
Organisations are under real pressure to govern AI responsibly. The risks are genuine: data exposure,...
Mar 13
From Chatbot to Co-Developer
AI Coding Tools Just Crossed a Line Most Developers Haven't Noticed
Mar 12
When the Code Writes Itself
AI, Identity, and the Changing Role of the Developer
Feb 8
Deep Learning Without Backpropagation
Most modern neural networks learn using backpropagation. It works well, but it has a strange...
Jan 30
SHARD: Deniable File Distribution Through XOR-Based Sharding
The Problem: Protecting Information Sources In 2012, I developed SHARD to address a...
Dec 19 '25
Difficult Choices: Angular, React or Vue?
The choice of technology isn't easy
Dec 9 '25
Lessons from React2Shell
A Masterclass in Ignoring 50 Years of Security Lessons
Nov 19 '25
The Hidden Divide in Developer Culture
An exploration of why some developers take ownership of bad code while others avoid it and how workplace culture shapes both responses.