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Someone else's, all the way downJuly 30, 2026We call it automatic and ours. Below the model sit the people who labelled its data; above it sits a foundation model you rent rather than own.AI
Running local coding agentsJuly 27, 2026Running a coding agent entirely offline on an ordinary laptop: the model, server and harness you assemble, and the hardware limits that teach the most...AI
Weights, compilers and vinyl recordsJuly 24, 2026A vinyl record, a compiled binary and a compiler: three metaphors that explain what an AI model actually is and why open weights are not open source.AI
Caring for LLMsFebruary 1, 2026Cheap code moved the software bottleneck to review and integration, and working with LLMs demands better documentation, environments and tests.AI
Digital products and the attention crisisJuly 2, 2025Information wanted to be free but attention turned out expensive: switching costs, engagement metrics and the case for deliberately boring software.SoftwareAI
Purists are the new convertsMarch 20, 2025Yesterday's purists are today's AI converts. On a digital culture where half understanding something and assembling the rest has always been the craft...AI
Beyond automationMarch 19, 2025AI as augmentation rather than automation, and why the useful question for organizations is which new capabilities to unlock, not which tasks to repla...AI
AI and browsersMarch 14, 2025Mozilla's turn towards AI reopens an old question about access: browsers, prompts and terminals are business models, not neutral containers for conten...AI
Paying for the algorithm?November 21, 2024If the algorithm is the real reason people stay on a social product, why does it never appear as a value proposition? On black boxes and control.ProductAI
