Ray's Substack

The Bet

The next Candy Crush won't ship from a team of 30

Jun 1 • Ray Martone

May 2026

WANTED: Time Travelers

HR is looking for time travelers.

May 18 • Ray Martone

PlayLab

A quarter-million games over lunch

May 11 • Ray Martone

April 2026

The Wrong Thing Faster

The Mythical Man-Month, Now With AI

Apr 18 • Ray Martone

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The Resolution of Constraint

Reframing a visual disability as a specialized lens for interface design

Apr 8 • Ray Martone

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0:15

The Clean Exit and the Walking Corpse

I learned cloud infrastructure, keeping a walking corpse on its feet.

Apr 5 • Ray Martone

March 2026

I Didn't Know I Was Building the Future

In 1987, I was writing software for the Xerox 6085, a networked workstation based on the Star.

Mar 17 • Ray Martone

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Back to Zero

There's a saying: "Beware an old man in a profession where men die young."

Mar 10 • Ray Martone

February 2026

Mozart & Markov

About The Math Behind Today's AI

Feb 25 • Ray Martone

Something New

Freeloader & the rise of agentic development

Feb 17 • Ray Martone

On Bob Ellis and the Gift of Agency

I was saddened to learn that Bob Ellis recently passed away.

Feb 10 • Ray Martone

The 30-Second Mistake

When I think back to my early days at Xerox working on the Star (Daybreak), I remember how different the world was.

Feb 6 • Ray Martone