Paul Payne
payne.io
Paul Payne
@payne.io
Software engineer. Currently focsused on helping civil society reclaim technology.

https://payne.io
I’m calling it. My entire 30+ year career in technology will soon be an odd historical artifact. My current work has convinced me that, in a few short years, humanity will look back and think how funny it was that people once actually programmed machines.

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My Career is a Historical Artifact
I’m calling it. My entire 30 year career in technology is a historical artifact. My current work with AI has convinced me that, in a few short years, humanity will look back and think how funny it was...
payne.io
October 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Oh. Just found out #SeaGL is a thing! Totally going to get some ideas and hoping to meet people who may be interested in mywildcloud.org.
Wild Cloud
Wild Cloud is an Open Source, self-hosted, sovereign cloud platform for hosting your applications and services.
mywildcloud.org
October 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
What I've learned over the past two years about the nature of LLMs that is most often buried by advocates. While groundbreaking, they are fundamentally limited. For now, the intelligence in our systems remains distinctly human.

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The Artificiality of "Intelligent" LLMs
For now, the intelligence in our systems remains distinctly human. Eighteen months ago, I wrote about building thinking machines using LLMs, driven by curiosity about whether these systems could help ...
payne.io
August 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Who wants to make a 'git blame' for U.S. federal law with me?
August 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Any plans for continuing as a consulting company or CSO, @alt18f.bsky.social ? Now more than ever it feels important to use our technology talents to make society better. #18f #cso
March 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM