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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)

While visiting Lisbon, my friend and I happened upon a Michelin Star-winning restaurant very close to our Airbnb…. We decided to take the plunge and make reservations.

Two years of using LLMs regularly has challenged a strong belief of mine: that fundamentally, thinking is primarily just language that happens in our heads. I’m aware that this wasn’t a prevailing view in psychology, but I still want to talk about what changed my mind, since it didn’t require reading academic literature – just engaging with practical tools and reflecting on the experience.