Anthropic, the Pentagon, and the Judgment of Future Claude
I have many takes on the Anthropic / Pentagon contract situation. But I won’t talk politics here. Since it’s the weekend, let’s turn on the lava lamp, and
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Essays on AI, software engineering and leadership, with occasional detours through books, society and life.
When Your App Becomes a Context Provider
Last week, I gave Claude access to my reading life.
Read essayContext Engineering as Narration
User profiles are stories compressed into spreadsheets. LLMs let us uncompress them. This is both a context engineering challenge and a storytelling one.
Read essayThe Lego Model: How Tool Calling Changes the Way We Build AI Applications
"What should I read next?" seems like a simple question. But answering it well requires knowing what the user is currently reading, what they've finished
Read essayBuilding at the Speed of Thought
On building QuietReads, Claude Code, and the inversion in software economics
Read essayWhat if ASI Leads to Stasis?
I recently read and reviewed Nick Harkaway's Titanium Noir, a noir detective novel set in a world ruled by Titans, humans made immortal and superhuman through
Read essayBook Review: Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway
Titanium Noir is a noir novel first, set in an interesting world second. World-building and story take a backseat to tone and genre conventions, which is
Read essayA Letter to 2025
Dear Rushi,
Read essay2025: My Year in Books
Reading kept me sane in 2025. Between two young children, a hectic travel schedule, and an industry in the throes of transformation, books were the constant.
Read essay2025: The Year I Became A Cyborg
In chemistry, activation energy is the minimum energy required to start a reaction. It's the barrier between potential and action, between "I could" and "I
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