The "about" section of the website is equally vacuous:
SmolNero is a philosophical startup rooted
in first-principles thinking.
We explore how humans relate to technology—
how we speak to it, depend on it, thank it,
and sometimes forget it’s there at all.
We don’t claim expertise. We see ourselves
as translators—working at the crossroads of
emotion and programming, curiosity and care
(The two M-dashes are also suspicious)It's not often I comment on blog posts, but this is honestly one of the most meaningless blogs I've ever read (not counting those fully AI-generated SEO ones). I don't get why it ended up so high on Hacker News; it has an interesting title I guess, but pretty much no substance.
The article makes a lot more sense if you've practiced Zen.
Think of it as someone's way of making sense of Zen teachings by related them to something they already understand.
It is just some daydreaming verbiage trying to connect totally disparate domains in a fanciful manner; nonsense and drivel.
As I continue reading An Introduction to Parallel Programming, I cannot help but notice a connection between communication among processors, communication among human beings, and communication within the individual self.
I say ... Whut?