Dr. Josh C. Simmons

November 2025

The Optics-Driven Workplace and the Death of Competence

“I’m a Timestamp Man”

Nov 27 • 

Dr. Josh C. Simmons

The Everything is Everything Era

I feel beige. Do you feel beige?

Nov 23 • 

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October 2025

01 How to Become a Giga-Cracked Software Engineer

Three lessons that separate average developers from the ones who bend the industry around them

Oct 20 • 

Dr. Josh C. Simmons

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How to Become a Gigacracked Engineer: A Guide

What experience taught me that textbooks never could

Oct 20 • 

Dr. Josh C. Simmons

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How Neurodivergent Brains Build Better Systems

A former manager once described me as a “purist”.

Oct 10 • 

Dr. Josh C. Simmons

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Office Survival Gear for the Neurodivergent Tech Worker

Traditional offices can be massively overstimulating if you’re neurodivergent, unless you have the right gear.

Oct 3 • 

Dr. Josh C. Simmons

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The Making of Autism Simulator: 60,000 Visitors in 12 Hours

I built Autism Simulator as a passion project over the course of a week or so.

Oct 2 • 

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September 2025

Why Everything Feels Broken and the Filmmaker Who Predicted It

The world feels chaotic.

Sep 29 • 

Dr. Josh C. Simmons

I went to church on Sunday

Rain or shine.

Sep 22 • 

Dr. Josh C. Simmons

Marshall McLuhan and Vim

We are the sex organs of the machines...

Sep 7 • 

Dr. Josh C. Simmons