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A few days ago I got back from Germany, where I was unintentionally continuing my Year of Europe…. But this isn’t a travel blog. That would be boring.

This last week I visited Portland with some friends. I had some tremendous coffee, good food, and interesting long runs (using some new shoes!). But the main thing on my mind has been AI coding agents…

Long ago, doing things the fast way instead of the right way was nicknamed “technical debt” in the field of software development. However, analogies have limits.

Good tools save time and free users from repetitive tasks, but only if they’re adopted (primarily) organically….

The AI-2027 report, published two weeks ago, is a compelling read. It’s been on my mind a lot.

Survivor is one of my favorite shows…. But my view is that the game is basically broken.

I always thought certain behavioral questions were silly…. My view has changed.

Contents: Coffee, Transit, Urban Life, Food, Visitability and Livability

My sabbatical has come to an end, and that means it’s time for a retrospective.

Since last year, my content consumption has changed a little bit. Not that much though. If you’re just interested in what’s changed since last year, here’s a summary: Removed: Noahpinion (repetitive, lots of posts, not always insightful), Money Stuff (so many long posts), The Pragmatic Programmer (not that useful imo) Added: Astral Codex Ten (the new MVP of my content consumption), The Intelligence from the Economist (well worth the short episodes), Shardcast: The Brandon Sanderson Podcast (truly useless but I enjoy it, what can I say)