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24
Jun
The Best Model I Couldn't Keep
Anthropic released Fable 5 on June 9, then pulled it three days later. It helped finish my agency dashboard, and I doubt anything like it comes back soon.
8 min read
22
Jun
The AI That Stays at Home
Paying a small monthly fee and sending prompts to distant servers has become the normal way to use AI. Running a capable model on your own machine has always been an option on paper, but the time required to make it work has kept it niche.
5 min read
05
May
The Mob Won. Blender Lost
Anthropic offered Blender 240.000€ a year in ongoing funding. Four programmer jobs. The community revolted, and three days later the Foundation folded. Here's why it bothers me.
6 min read
30
Apr
Every Good Name is Taken
A couple of weeks ago I decided to try to build an RSS reader. I grabbed my notebook, listed every feature I wanted, and started imagining the UI. The code is coming together. The name, however, is proving much harder than I expected.
3 min read
21
Apr
When the Cloud Reminded Me Who's Really in Control
Last week the platforms I count on for client work failed one after another. Not in some dramatic collapse, but at the exact moments I needed them most.
5 min read
09
Apr
The Glass Wall
Anthropic announced a model too capable to release publicly. Project Glasswing is the response, and it cuts right to the heart of who controls the tools the whole internet runs on.
6 min read
23
Mar
Between You and the Tool
John O'Nolan built a CLI for Ghost on a whim, used it for an hour, and found it hard to go back to the browser. I was thinking about a version of the same problem, but from a different angle.
3 min read
19
Mar
The Format That Outlasted Everything
I've been reading through RSS feeds since 2007. Every platform built on top of the format has disappointed me, but the format itself never has.
4 min read
15
Mar
Beginner Again
There is a version of this story that is clean and motivating. This is not that version, this is the one with imposter syndrome, slow progress, and the strange feeling of being experienced and a complete beginner at the same time.
4 min read
12
Mar
Searching For The Tool That Holds My Thinking Together
Or at least, the one that's holding it together right now.
7 min read