I don’t like the term “tech debt”. I don’t think it works as a metaphor to incentivize the right behavior. There, I said it.

Here’s what works better for me–pit stops tailored to the conditions of each race: hiremaga.com/posts/art-of...

*em-dashes are my own

OpenAI's CISO Dane Stuckey posted an essay (on Twitter) about how their new ChatGPT Atlas browser attempts to deal with the risk of prompt injection attacks, I ended up writing a point-by-point commentary on my blog: simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/22/...

This reminded me of playing cows and bulls for some reason. And TDD. And Pairing. It’s a very good post. I think it’s essentially about managing one’s attention to ratchet progress.

I’m realizing that learning takes a challenging combination of humility and conviction. Both are necessary to acknowledge mistakes and try something different, while keeping what works.

Fast-moving layers bring novelty and experimentation, while slower layers provide stability and memory. Together, the layers support, reinforce, and challenge each other—creating robust, adaptable societies.

"Fast gets all our attention, slow has all the power." — Stewart Brand

I wrote about what I've learned about sitting still to create momentum: hiremaga.com/posts/at-the...

you can get a lot of data about how people are using what you built, but the signals of them wishing you had built something _else_ are usually a lot harder to find. you only really get it by listening (actually listening) and trying out new stuff.

This is a good post on how to get better at using AI. It's the product of pretty intensive research on what consistently works although I don't surface that research directly in it.

Bluesky and AI, so obviously comments on this are off. mikecaulfield.substack.com/p/is-the-llm...

Never ask a man his age, a woman her salary, or GPT-5 whether a seahorse emoji exists

The machine learns to cleave reality with invisible blades, each creating this-not-that. Ten thousand hyperplanes, ten thousand ways to miss the point. But notice: the cutting mind and the cut world are one blade. #zen #ai

Well, that was fun. Can’t wait for day 2 of cornering school.

With a little help from Claude Code, hiremaga.com is back up!