software design – Ruth Stalker-Firth

April 12, 2026 Musings

Notes, Loops, and Ada predicting AI

Music is shaped by physics – frequency, vibration, ratios – which is described by maths. And, whether that key change happens in Mozart or Coltrane, there’s a predictable structure holding it together.

March 20, 2025 Musings

Trailer: When women were computers

I was invited to give a talk as part of Vox Feminarum’s Women’s Voices History Month and so to have a bit of fun and refresh my memory about the content, I created a trailer for it.