America loves to call itself a nation of entrepreneurs. Politicians routinely praise the family business, the independent contractor, the neighborhood store and the person who risks everything to build a company from scratch.

But being “pro-business” is not necessarily the…

How We Got Here: From Economic Shock to an Extraction Economy

Enshittification did not suddenly appear because corporate executives collectively decided to make everything worse. It developed within a much larger economic transformation—one involving pandemic stimulus, inflation, supply shocks, war…

By Laveda Jones

Artificial Intelligence has become one of the most transformative technologies in human history. It has the potential to revolutionize medicine, education, science…

In nearly every organization, there is a natural disconnect between the business side and the technology side. This isn't because either group lacks intelligence or commitment—it is because they are trained to solve…

The dismissal of three commissioners from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) has intensified an already heated national debate over who should wield influence over America's…

Here at Laveda Jones Productions, we take our intellectual property preservation seriously.  Being IT centric as well as being a social media company and a music production company, we deal with many assets, from source code that drives our systems…

By a Software Developer with 35 Years of Experience

For most of my career, software development was about building solutions. We certainly relied on third-party products, operating systems, databases, and networking infrastructure, but there was an underlying assumption that the…

A lot of people in the U.S. feel this way right now, and there are several overlapping reasons why companies can appear to be “avoiding” customers or making human interaction harder.

Here are the biggest drivers:

Automation and Cost Cutting

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The Return of the Hard Sell: Technology, Trust, and the Trump-Era Mood

In the late 2010s and into the 2020s, many Americans began to feel a subtle but persistent shift in the texture of everyday life online and off. It…

There’s a growing frustration among everyday users and professionals alike: the sense that Google Search is no longer a tool for discovery, but a marketplace where visibility is increasingly determined by who pays the most. Whether that perception is fully…

Over the past decade, software and web application development have undergone a dramatic transformation. What was once a discipline grounded in craftsmanship, stability, and long-term thinking has increasingly shifted toward speed, cost efficiency, and rapid feature delivery. The combined influence…

The Industry I Knew Is Gone

I’m 56 years old, and I’ve been writing software long enough to remember when discipline mattered more than hype. Back then, we argued about architecture, not optics. We wrote documentation because someone else actually…

There was a time—not that long ago—when Google Search felt like a public utility. You typed in a question, and the best answers floated to the top. Relevance mattered. Accuracy mattered…

President Trump’s decision to insert himself into the bidding war over Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) — particularly his call for CNN to be sold as a condition of any merger — marks a new chapter in his long-running campaign against…

I've spent many years learning SEO techniques, studying Googles algorithms, and learning how to play nicely within Google's quality-driven search friendly criteria.  I was around when search came onto the scene fresh out of the 90's and its approach to…

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This is the official space for fans, artists, and hip-hop lovers to connect over conscious rap, real storytelling, and the culture that drives it all. Whether you're here to discuss Laveda Jones' music, share your own work, or talk…

The Impact of Trump Administration and MAGA Congress Policies on the Potential A.I. Boom

The era of Trump has been an interesting one, but not a good one in terms of technical advancement in our country and around…

1. Introduction to AFROTECH

It is widely acknowledged as an industry-changing event for many tech professionals. Specifically, individuals in the Black community with a passion for tech look forward to…