series · into solution
4 parts · 2026-10-07 → 2026-10-16Solve and dissolve are one verb. Four essays take the word literally: what software does to a problem when it dissolves it, what it re-makes in its own image, and what you keep it in.
part 1
before it meant an answer
Solve and dissolve are one verb, and the chemical sense is the older one.
part 2
the solvent that is not consumed
Water saturates and money gets spent. Software does neither, and that is the whole argument.
part 3
in your own image
To describe a burden well enough to dissolve it is to re-make its world in your own shape.
part 4
what do you keep it in
A true universal solvent dissolves its own container. The last vessel is the describer.