Paul Welty, PhD AI, WORK, AND STAYING HUMAN

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Bookmark: More Humanitarian Organizations Will Harness AI’s Potential

Explore how AI is revolutionizing humanitarian efforts in 2024, enhancing aid delivery and education for millions in crisis situations.

Discover how the humanitarian sector is embracing AI to tackle unprecedented challenges in 2024, as highlighted in this insightful article. From delivering vital information to refugees and enhancing education for 224 million children in crisis, AI’s transformative potential is undeniable. Learn how AI is poised to impact global aid efforts like never before. Read the full piece by [Author Name] to understand how these digital tools could be a game-changer for those in need.

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More Humanitarian Organizations Will Harness AI’s Potential

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

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I want to talk about staging areas. Not the technical kind—the human kind. The places where work goes to sit. The inbox you check before forwarding. The draft folder. The approval queue. The meetin...

Dev reflection - February 16, 2026

So here's something I want to think through today. I've been working across several projects simultaneously, and what's striking me isn't the building. It's the deleting. The removing. The taking a...

Dev reflection - February 15, 2026

I want to talk about what happens when something stops being a tool and becomes plumbing. Because that shift is happening in my work right now, and I think it's happening everywhere, and most peopl...

Article analysis: Lifting GenAI Out Of The Trough Of Disillusionment

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