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The revised rules of engineering management with Will Larson
Will Larson, CTO of Imprint, explores how AI and shifting industry expectations are changing engineering management, career ladders, and the path from engineer to CTO.
San Francisco Meetup This Saturday
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Your Book Review: The Ghost In My Brain
Finalist #13 in the Book Review Contest
Why Global Trepanation?
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AI SRE: what is it, how could it change on-call – and does it work?
“AI SRE” is fast becoming a trending term fueled by flashy demos from vendors, but has an AI SRE ever really been on-call while engineers slept? Deepdive
France and the limits of liberalism
Immigration, the welfare state, and Keynesian economics are all showing signs of strain.
Let’s talk shop about every Senate race
When FLIPR and prediction markets disagree, which has the better case?
Obama’s forgotten late-term moves
Plus Netanyahu’s long-term effort to make Democrats hate him and the problem with wealth taxes
Roundup #90: In which Noah joins a Japanese VC firm
The humanities; Data center crowd-out; Chinese local governments; AI and capitalism; How Japan builds; Phones bad; Chinese manufacturing; Rent control
Will Generative AI do more harm than good?
Things aren’t looking great.
The 83 remotely competitive House races, according to FLIPR
If there’s a blue wave, how far could it reach?
Your favorite cause is not the civil rights movement and neither is mine
It doesn’t make a lot of sense to imitate an extreme outlier event.
The Pulse: Time to rethink software security because of AI?
A month’s worth of security breaches in a single day – will things get worse before they improve? Also: Anthropic accused of version control “rip off”, and more
Scammy fundraising is a big problem
It’s tough to say anything meaningful about the midterms at this point, but Democrats should think harder about their fundraising.
Anthropic S-1 Highlights and Microsoft Cuts. Making Sense of the Madness
Level 2 - Value Investor
Americans need to get out of the house
I’m way more online than I should be, and you probably are too.
What Anthropic left out of their draft S-1
Buyer, beware of omissions
Cost Cutting, AI Slowdown and Big Tech Fear Mongering. What is Real & What Isn’t
Level 5- Sonic Autist
“You Can See Everything” and the nature of liars
A movie review, plus some thoughts on dishonesty, belief, and human communication.
An 86-minute guide to finding PMF | Rob Snyder (Author, The Power of Pull)
Listen now (86 mins) | The founder who helped over 50 startups hit $1M ARR shares his PULL framework for finding real product-market fit
The internet breaks
What will be next to break?
Why I don’t write about A.I. all the time
It might be the most important issue right now, but I’m not history’s main character.
Breaking news: U.S. banks are taking hits from AI agents
Who knows what piece of infrastructure might be attacked next.
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men haven’t been able to put CoreWeave back together again
Nobody in the tech industry wants to see them collapse, but the stock has dropped over 50% in the last six months, anyway
AI’s make-or-break week?
We may know a lot more, soon
Do these Senate-governor splits make sense?
In Michigan, Jocelyn Benson is polling well ahead of Abdul El-Sayed. Do gaps like that tend to shrink on Election Day?
How Canada is Decoupling From the US
In Response to Trump’s Tariffs, Canada Has Successfully Boosted non-US Trade to Record Highs—But it Remains Deeply Tied to America
Short Thoughts: Anthropic’s S-1
Rouand and round we all go: a short deep dive into Anthropic’s revenue and its obligations
What economists just don’t get about climate change
The case against cheap climate policy
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[Abridged] Foundations: The Fate of the S&P 500’s Worst Stocks, the Y2K Analogue, and Time for Small Caps?
Predicting Long Positions for Performance Through the Next Bear Market
🎙️ How I AI: Claude Duet honest review + Why Reddit built its own AI prototyping tool
Your weekly listens from How I AI, part of the Lenny’s Podcast Network
How I Actually Make Time for Things I Care About
6 honest lessons on finding time, setting priorities, and making a meaningful impact — even when life is already full
October 25, 2026
And so, here we are in the last days of the 2026 midterm campaign.
October 26, 2026
Trump’s increasingly erratic and corrupt behavior condemns Republican leaders who continue to support him.
The Rabbit Hole 🕳🐇 issue no.69
🕊️ nothing alleviates the fellowing except flight
Signal-ing Our Thanks
Plus, Heather Cox Richardson returns
Live Today: Heather Cox Richardson
Can billionaires buy the midterms?
Is the Music Business Collapsing?
The major labels made seven big mistakes—and are now paying the price
42 Milestones in the History of Conversation
From the Burning Bush to ChatGPT
You need to be more afraid of wasting your life than embarrassing yourself.
The unconventional approach to getting everything you want (and more)
Open Thread 457
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REPLAY: Heather Cox Richardson on Why “The Republican Party No Longer Exists”
The 1850s are calling.
What Happened to Netflix? ft. Matt Belloni
The state of the streaming wars.
Without software premiums, where does growth go?
Watch this week’s earnings reports to get some clues
Only 100 free tickets left for next week’s investing conference
I have 100 free tickets to give away for investing conference on November 3rd.
The Oligarchs Lose a Big One
Brazil refuses to be bullied
Trump Doesn’t Give a Damn About Your Problems
As the midterms loom, he’s finally admitting the obvious
Pricing Update - There will be NO Pricing/ Rate Increase November 1
The Subscription Rate for Cassandra Unchained Will Remain Unchanged $49/Month and $479/Year
40 pieces of advice from 40 years of life
1. Do extremely hard things
The new “boomer candy” fund that turns dividends into Bitcoin
To investors,