I asked ChatGPT about the shape of the universe this morning. It lead to a back and forth that left me with a better understanding of the big bang, cosmological inflation, cosmological expansion and a mental image of how the visible universe nests within the 'matter populated universe' which nests within infinite space. It was a rather long exchange, but I wanted to capture and share it, so I asked chatgpt to write a summary…

Earlier this year as part of a transition from fulltime employment to a new entrepreneurial chapter in my career, Stuff is Parts was incorporated as the name of a Limited Liability Corporation in the state of Massachusetts. SiP LLC represents the banner under which I will explore business opportunities that I hope will form the next part of my career. The description of SiP LLC's business in the LLC application was framed in the widest…

There's a concept in there that's important to understand as a fundamental feature of development that can be a bit elusive that I want to take a moment to clarify.  framework. What is a framework...  two key things it describes the relationship/connections between parts that make up a thing.      - it’s the essence and nature of their complexity.  It’s their plan, whether theoretical or realized in the form of an actual thing. It’s…

The universe is big and complicated and full of information that can be seen and understood and articulated by deciphering it into its component parts and connections.  Being humans with human minds we are endowed with the wonderful capacity to see beyond just the physical stuff that is sensible immediately around us in space.  Our cognitive abilities allow us to recognize, understand and articulate parts and connections extending through the dimension of time as well.  …

Welcome to Stuff is Parts!  My name is Todd DeMelle.  My intent for this blog is to use it to share an evolving model of how development works with the hope of enabling more effective development.   I've been thinking a lot about what development is and how to get better at it over the last decade or so mostly in my role as a video game art director working on big, complex games with multi-disciplinary…