Polymathic Podcast

Reflections on building software, AI, and staying human. Subscribe to get new episodes automatically.

About the host

Paul Welty is the author of The Work of Being: A Philosopher’s Guide to Becoming Human in the AI Era, available on Amazon. He writes about work, judgment, and what it means to stay human as artificial intelligence reshapes how work gets done.

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Featured writing

Why customer tools are organized wrong

This article reveals a fundamental flaw in how customer support tools are designed—organizing by interaction type instead of by customer—and explains why this fragmentation wastes time and obscures the full picture you need to help users effectively.

Infrastructure shapes thought

The tools you build determine what kinds of thinking become possible. On infrastructure, friction, and building deliberately for thought rather than just throughput.

Server-Side Dashboard Architecture: Why Moving Data Fetching Off the Browser Changes Everything

How choosing server-side rendering solved security, CORS, and credential management problems I didn't know I had.

Books

The work of being available now

A book on AI, judgment, and staying human at work.

The practice of work in progress

Practical essays on how work actually gets done.

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