These sources deal with judgment that resists a checklist. Some define taste, and some exercise it in a review or a list. Others try to draw intent out of people.
The Concept of the Aesthetic
A philosophy encyclopedia entry tracing how the concept of the aesthetic developed from 18th-century taste.
Human Judgment as a Specification
A tool that recovers intent by asking people about concrete disagreements.
A beginner's guide to modern classical music
A personal blog guide grouping modern classical pieces by accessibility.
43 of the Most Iconic Short Stories in the English Language
A Literary Hub list of short stories the editor calls iconic in American culture.
The Closet — Browse Every Criterion Spine
A fan-made web app for browsing every spine in the Criterion Collection.
The Firemen: Hot stuff
A blog review of The Firemen, a firefighting action game for the SNES.
A defense of philosophical intuitions
An essay arguing that intuition is a mental faculty as legitimate as perception or memory.
Developing Taste
A short essay on taste as a trained instinct and how to build it.
You can't unit test for taste
A developer's write-up of a map pipeline built with Claude and its evaluation problems.
Ethics is the most important skill in a post-AI world
A company blog essay arguing that ethical judgment is the key skill after AI.
The Resonant Computing Manifesto
A manifesto calling for software built on five principles that it says make technology resonant.
How To Not Die By A Thousand Cuts. Or, How To Think About Software Quality.
A personal essay argues that software quality is everyone's job.
Blogging Can Just Be Stating The Obvious
A short post arguing that a good blog post can say what seems obvious.