retail therapy

Consumer attitudes toward Al customer support.

Consumer attitudes toward Al customer support. “When the choice is ‘wait 15 minutes for a human or get help from AI right now,’ 44% switch to AI.” In this survey, baseline preference for AI is only 7%, but the moment […]

retail therapy

Anthropic says your SPV is BS.

Anthropic says your SPV is BS. “Anthropic is calling them out *specifically*, by name, and essentially *saying* 100% of these are illegal.” A thread on what it could mean if a private company treats secondary transfers as void, and how […]

to your health

The mystery in the medicine cabinet.

The mystery in the medicine cabinet. “I’m now convinced that for most people in most circumstances, acetaminophen is safer than ibuprofen, provided you use it as directed.” A deep dive into why ibuprofen’s COX effects can mess with your stomach, […]

better doing

Talking to 35 strangers at the gym.

Talking to 35 strangers at the gym. “The solution was to approach the person as quickly as possible so that I didn’t have time to think about running away.” A lonely guy runs a one month experiment: talk to one […]

tech, startups, internet

Agents need control flow, not more prompts.

Agents need control flow, not more prompts. “If you’ve ever resorted to MANDATORY or DO NOT SKIP, you’ve hit the ceiling of prompting.” The argument: reliable agents need deterministic control flow and checkpoints in code, treating the LLM as a […]

tech, startups, internet

The next level of agents is /goal.

The next level of agents is /goal. “You write down what “done” looks like, submit it once, and the agent works toward it until it gets there.” The clean idea here is treating “done criteria” like a primitive that different […]

tech, startups, internet

A thinking cap that types.

A thinking cap that types. “It’s a beanie that you can simply slip on and think about what you want to type, and it’ll appear on a connected device at about 30 words per minute.” Sabi says it can do […]