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title: "Signals from Our Futures Past"
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# Signals from Our Futures Past

## Articles (page 1)

Showing 20 of 56 published articles. Next page: https://usecommune.com/n/mamund/archive.md?page=2

- 2026-09-15 - [Approved by Management #26-11](https://usecommune.com/n/mamund/a/approved-by-management-26-11)
- 2026-09-08 - [Approved by Management #26-10](https://usecommune.com/n/mamund/a/approved-by-management-26-10)
- 2026-09-01 - [Stochastic Traversal with Deterministic Results](https://usecommune.com/n/mamund/a/stochastic-traversal-with-deterministic-results) - While I work to complete my new book “AI-Driven API Design”, I’m keeping my posts here sparse (see below) and light (see my “Approved by Management” comic series). I also apologize in advance for the 
- 2026-08-25 - [Approved by Management #26-09](https://usecommune.com/n/mamund/a/approved-by-management-26-09) - Subscribe now
- 2026-08-18 - [Approved by Management #26-08](https://usecommune.com/n/mamund/a/approved-by-management-26-08) - Subscribe now
- 2026-08-11 - [Approved by Management #26-07](https://usecommune.com/n/mamund/a/approved-by-management-26-07)
- 2026-08-04 - [Approved by Management #26-05](https://usecommune.com/n/mamund/a/approved-by-management-26-05) - Subscribe now
- 2026-07-29 - [AI-Driven API Design goes on the road](https://usecommune.com/n/mamund/a/ai-driven-api-design-goes-on-the-road) - For regular readers, you may have noticed that I’ve been writing less here on Substack lately. That’s because I’ve been deep into writing my latest O’Reilly book, “AI-Driven API Design”. The book grew
- 2026-07-28 - [Approved by Management #26-06](https://usecommune.com/n/mamund/a/approved-by-management-26-06) - Subscribe now
- 2026-07-21 - [Three Things I’ve Learned About Software](https://usecommune.com/n/mamund/a/three-things-i-ve-learned-about-software) - For most of my software career I have focused on APIs, distributed systems, hypermedia, and software architecture. My writing, speaking, tool-making, and advising have all centered around improving th
- 2026-07-14 - [Approved by Management #26-04](https://usecommune.com/n/mamund/a/approved-by-management-26-04) - Subscribe now
- 2026-07-07 - [AI Like Us](https://usecommune.com/n/mamund/a/ai-like-us) - Subscribe now
- 2026-06-30 - [Approved by Management #26-03](https://usecommune.com/n/mamund/a/approved-by-management-26-03) - Subscribe now
- 2026-06-23 - [Approved by Management #26-02](https://usecommune.com/n/mamund/a/approved-by-management-26-02) - Subscribe now
- 2026-06-16 - [Approved by Management #26-01](https://usecommune.com/n/mamund/a/approved-by-management-26-01) - Now that summer has arrived in the northern climes, I’ve decided to lighten up on the long-form pieces for a bit and share some comic panels I’ve been playing with for a while. I hope everyone enjoys 
- 2026-06-09 - [The Ship of Theseus and behavior drift](https://usecommune.com/n/mamund/a/the-ship-of-theseus-and-behavior-drift) - The ancient Ship of Theseus poses a deceptively simple question. If every plank in a ship is eventually replaced, does it remain the same ship? Software teams encounter a practical version of this que
- 2026-06-01 - [Practice Makes Progress](https://usecommune.com/n/mamund/a/practice-makes-progress) - In a previous life, I was a full-time musician and composer. I spent time every day in practice. Practicing my instrument. Sharpening my ear for harmonies and melodies. Honing my ability to convert wh
- 2026-05-25 - [A long-lost meditative art](https://usecommune.com/n/mamund/a/a-long-lost-meditative-art) - In a future where digital data passes through society as easily as blood through the body, a small groups of devotees isolate themselves in dim, soundproof rooms. There, away from the endless flow of 
- 2026-05-18 - [Writing is thinking (and grading is, too)](https://usecommune.com/n/mamund/a/writing-is-thinking-and-grading-is-too) - Two recent statements, one from Nature Reviews Bioengineering and another from the Modern Language Association, arrive at the same conclusion from different directions: Writing is part of thinking and
- 2026-05-11 - [The cost of always having the answer](https://usecommune.com/n/mamund/a/the-cost-of-always-having-the-answer) - The erosion of persistence