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Building Pi, and what makes self-modifying software so fascinating
Mario Zechner, creator of Pi, joins Armin Ronacher to explore AI coding’s limits, arguing that human judgment still matters most in an agent-driven world.
Your Attempt To Solve Debate Will Not Work
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The moderately easy problem of consciousness
Before deciding if computers are self-aware, let's figure out how humans become self-aware.
Why shoplifting is bad
It may feel like a small act of rebellion, but it hurts a lot of people who don't deserve it.
Your Couch-to-5K for AI
A step-by-step guide to building an AI habit that sticks
How Anthropic’s product team moves faster than anyone else | Cat Wu (Head of Product, Claude Code)
Listen now | Head of Product for Claude Code on how AI is changing the PM role, building products before the model is ready, inside Claude Code's launch room process, and why speed now matters more than strategy
Scoring the Jensen-Dwarkesh debate
Export controls are holding back Chinese AI. Should we keep them?
Once and Future Saints
Three prophecies for England
My politically homeless views
There are great ideas that neither coalition wants to push for.
Snapchat CEO: Why distribution has become the most important moat | Evan Spiegel
Listen now | Snap's co-founder on why only two consumer apps broke through in 15 years, how every major Snapchat feature was cloned, why hardware is the only real moat, and why distribution beats product
How much can Trump screw with the midterms?
Doomsday scenarios are unlikely, but the realistic ones deserve more attention. A Q&A with Votebeat's Nathaniel Rakich.
Can we please stop rationalizing political violence?
I wish I didn't have to state the obvious.
Data Reveals Which Berkeley Commercial Areas Are In Decline
An analysis of vibrancy in Berkeley using sales tax data.
Ken Martin is doing a terrible job
The D.N.C. needs a chair who’s up to the task.
How will AI change operating systems? Part 1: Ubuntu and Linux
A deepdive with the Canonical team into how AI is changing Ubuntu, why they’re betting on local-first LLMs, and a look into other Linux distributions
The Pulse: AI token spending out of control – what’s next?
Details from 15 tech companies on the rapid growth of token spend, and their responses to it. Also: AI vendors can’t keep up with demand, plummeting morale at Meta, and more.
The product skill you must now master: Reinvention
Why it's the hardest work of your product career — and five stories of how to meet it
🎙️ This week on How I AI: GPT 5.5, Claude Design, and GPT Images 2.0 hands-on reviews—plus an inside look at Memelord
Your weekly listens from How I AI, part of the Lenny's Podcast Network
What to make of the generic ballot
Plus ties, Mamdani, the Obama legacy, and fundraising’s diminishing returns
How to Use ChatGPT to Land Your Dream Job
8 practical ways students are using ChatGPT to prepare for internships, interviews, and the careers they want
Changing Strategies to Reach Various Levels of Wealth
Level 2 - Value Investor
Fewer ideas, but better
One simple rule to focus your story
Richard Hamming: You and Your Research
Girls Are Not Alright
Update: Modern Wisdom!
How Amazon Uses LLMs to Recommend Products
In this article, we will look at how COSMO works and the challenges the engineering team faced.
And You Call Yourself a Christian?
Please ignore anyone who tries to use your faith as a weapon against you.
California AG Bonta Has Everything He Needs to Open a Criminal Investigation into Musk and DOGE. Today I’m Submitting a Prosecution Investigation Referral Memorandum to His Office.
Here's what you can do.
Survey Says Voters Want Fight. Research Shows Exactly What Voters Interpret as “Strong” and “Weak”
How can we apply this to our strategy?
How Stripe Detects Fraudulent Transactions Within 100 ms
In this article, we will look at how Stripe’s Radar does this effectively and the architectural decisions the team took while building it.
Update on the Radish Sale
What it's like to sell a full compound
Livestream Today: Building Supercompanies
Plus, who gets to live forever?
The NY Times Asked Me to Pick the Greatest Living American Songwriters
Here's my ballot for the Times survey
The Oil Squeeze Tightens
Time is not on the world economy’s side
Understanding Workspace Agents in higher education
How colleges and universities can use Workspace Agents to support repeatable campus workflows
The Tech Stack Powering Wise
AI inference: 24,240 TPS vs 1,863 TPS H100 (Sponsored)
The Longevity Economy Is Built for the Rich
Who gets to live forever?
Mikhaila Peterson Grifts off her Father's Illness
A response.
🔎 Google: The Anthropic Paradox
Up to $40 billion invested in the company reshaping the AI race
An Inventory of Books to Shape Young Minds
Note: This is the paid subscriber version of the post
Reiner Pope – The math behind how LLMs are trained and served
It's shocking how much you can deduce about what the labs are doing from a handful of equations and a blackboard
Speak in the affirmative: "Do this" versus "Don't do that"
Speaking in affirmatives is a simple way to reduce cognitive load for your recipient.
Leading Through AI Hype
How executives separate signal from noise, set real ROI, and drive AI adoption without burning out their teams
What It's Like Convincing a State Senator to Take Election Security Seriously.
A note.
I am opening a second bookstore. | #102
Major announcement and update
A radical idea for breaking the cycle of public anger
What if we actually focused on the cost of living?
Hello Education. Meet Agents.
A new operating layer for how institutions support students, empower faculty, and scale their best work.
Case Study: The Bob House
A ~6 person creative queer home for Bob's Dance Shop and friends
REVIEW: The Greatest Knight, by Thomas Asbridge
The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, the Power Behind Five English Thrones, Thomas Asbridge (Ecco, 2015).