22+ hour, 6+ min ago   (1930+ words) Let’s take a breath together, as we do, here and now. We return this week to 2022-Rebecca, two weeks after the wildfire—a plot twist she’d never expected. The fire and ensuing incidents scrambled her from routine, yet time continued…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (189+ words) If you are in a particular tech world, things have been changing quite fast and have the potential to change quite drastically still. I wanted to find a book with AI and a non-cliché plot and All systems red is…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (321+ words) I don’t send newsletters super often, but you’ll hear from me when I have ✨stuff going on✨, such as updates about my next album, which I am halfway through recording! I’m flying to Los Angeles in three weeks to record…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (389+ words) Coding agents eliminated the cost of dual-platform maintenance AI coding agents fundamentally changed cross-platform software economics. Shopify is abandoning React Native to rebuild its apps in native Swift and Kotlin. Duplicate implementation no longer requires double the engineering effort. AI…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (431+ words) Buttondown From Ticket Handling to AI-Powered Application Support Is Application Support a Good Career in 2026? Yes, but it’s becoming a more technical career. Applying Support can give you an opportunity to work in the real production environment, deal with real…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (378+ words) A while back I posted a glimpse of my custom pen-plotting generative tool I’m calling Contour. Let’s take a closer look. Inspiration also came from Ollie Lansdell’s DrawingBot software which I have used to produce artworks. DrawingBotsV3 is a complete Swiss-army…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (146+ words) Buy my new book HOW TO DIE (AND OTHER STORIES)!! Mule Summer School continues this week with me and Erika Hall talking about how to have a conversation. Not only did Erika write the book on Conversational Design, but Erika…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (27+ words) Buttondown Today's build opportunity 👇 Read the full report →...

5+ day, 2+ min ago   (444+ words) AI tools crush workplace drudgery by matching existing operational patterns. Consumer products demand constant cultural novelty instead. Historical training data cannot predict the next viral human trend. Pure AI consumer products fail because users spot predictable patterns instantly. Lower build…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (337+ words) Tuesday, September 8, 2026 · Daily edition Read the Brookings Metro adaptive-capacity brief → What to watch. Grid governance for AI halls now has a second U.S. layer beside interconnection tariffs: reliability registration and standards before year-end. Keep the NERC computational-load clock separate…...