“I promised myself never again. Never again would I call a code-yellow. Code-yellows suck, drain team morale, and they leave a lingering distaste amongst all those involved. Yet, during my 8-years at Instacart, they were our most effective and consistent […]
Simon Willison has been keeping good notes! “Here’s a review of things we figured out about the field in the past twelve months, plus my attempt at identifying key themes and pivotal moments.” ~ learn more
“Paul has published an essay about official photographs of politicians. In it, he expertly points out the various deficiencies of some of them and where they show a distinct lack of quality. But, here’s the thing, I don’t think anyone […]
4th edition from Dynomight. “That while we now have microplastics in all the food we eat and all the water we drink and all the air we breathe and this is decidedly non-awesome, current science suggests that the actual health […]
“The year is 2060. You ask your AI system to recap the loudest 23 times someone laughed at your joke. Uncle Julius at the dinner table about the chicken, July 1 2031; Brit Chavez when you fell off the porch, […]
Subscribed to this once-a-year blog after reading the 2023 post. The things that Kent Hendricks learns are very interesting to me, so I think they’ll be interestig to you! ~ learn more
This is probably a pretty relevant voice to listen to on the topic of AI. “The age of pre-training will end due to that the data is not growing? What comes next?” ~ learn more
“It wasn’t easy. Around mile 21, Lévesque was exhausted. He had been bear-crawling for the past 17 hours with breaks every 3 miles to wrap his hands to protect them from deep blistering. As he entered Central Park for the […]
“Technology has had a transformational year, with significant advancements in AI, robotics, space, biology, healthcare, carbon capture, and quantum computing. So what does 2025 have in store for us? Enjoy reading these thoughts from some of tech’s best, would love […]
And other fun mind-bending facts about our present era from Tim Urban. ~ learn more