Building hyper-personalized AI Apps..
I'm a PowerPoint jockey and a very rusty programmer. Yet, over the weekend, I built something that had been an idea for years.
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Essays on AI, software engineering and leadership, with occasional detours through books, society and life.
AI safety in 2025
Two years ago, the Future of Life Institute called for a 6-month pause in AI development due to fears of misalignment. Elon Musk and hundreds of other
Read essayAgentic coding tools and the problems of agency
Claude Code, OpenAI Codex and other agentic coding tools have a problem with .. “agency”.
Read essayDispatches from Mediocristan
LLMs are powerful tools - but credulous users risk being stuck in a dangerous place: Mediocristan, the land of the average.
Read essayWhy I’m Riding The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride in 2025
On the 18th of May, I’ll be suiting up and riding my beloved Triumph Bonneville to Leesburg, VA, for the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride (DGR). The DGR is a
Read essayThe AI Leadership Paradox: When Slowing Down Becomes a Competitive Advantage
AI tools are supercharging individual productivity—but are they also undermining team cohesion?
Read essayAI & Avoiding Hyperbole
AI will save us. AI will doom us. AI will enslave us. AI will enlighten us.
Read essayOn DeepSeek
Is it really doomsday for U.S. AI companies? The harbinger of the apocalypse appears to be a blue whale.
Read essayShow, Don’t Tell: Enhancing Communication with AI Tools
"Show, don't tell" are words I live by.
Read essayPlayground by Richard Powers
I read most of "Playground" in a rattly old plane as it shook and juddered over the Atlantic and then the vast emptiness of Russia before landing in New
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