Alex Komoroske
@komorama.bsky.social
Generalist fascinated by complex adaptive systems. Co-founder and CEO of Common Tools.
https://komoroske.com
https://komoroske.com
I just published my weekly reflections: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Vibecoding faster horses. Vibecoding a book for my family. LLMs as a commodity. Cognitive labor. Bland beige soup. Human fracking. The missing connective fabric for software. Dammed up data. The Switch Cost Overhang. Thinkism.
Vibecoding faster horses. Vibecoding a book for my family. LLMs as a commodity. Cognitive labor. Bland beige soup. Human fracking. The missing connective fabric for software. Dammed up data. The Switch Cost Overhang. Thinkism.
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Author: Alex Komoroske alex@komoroske.com What is this? During the week I take notes on ideas that catch my attention during conversations. Once a week I take a few hours to take a step back and try ...
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January 26, 2026 at 4:37 PM
I just published my weekly reflections: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Vibecoding faster horses. Vibecoding a book for my family. LLMs as a commodity. Cognitive labor. Bland beige soup. Human fracking. The missing connective fabric for software. Dammed up data. The Switch Cost Overhang. Thinkism.
Vibecoding faster horses. Vibecoding a book for my family. LLMs as a commodity. Cognitive labor. Bland beige soup. Human fracking. The missing connective fabric for software. Dammed up data. The Switch Cost Overhang. Thinkism.
I just published my weekly reflections: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Promptware. Alien intelligence. LLMs as electricity. The same origin's data fiefdoms as fractal monopolies. The rainshadow of the same origin policy. The switch cost floor. Security nihilism. Convenience without surveillance.
Promptware. Alien intelligence. LLMs as electricity. The same origin's data fiefdoms as fractal monopolies. The rainshadow of the same origin policy. The switch cost floor. Security nihilism. Convenience without surveillance.
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Author: Alex Komoroske alex@komoroske.com What is this? During the week I take notes on ideas that catch my attention during conversations. Once a week I take a few hours to take a step back and try ...
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January 19, 2026 at 5:35 PM
I just published my weekly reflections: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Promptware. Alien intelligence. LLMs as electricity. The same origin's data fiefdoms as fractal monopolies. The rainshadow of the same origin policy. The switch cost floor. Security nihilism. Convenience without surveillance.
Promptware. Alien intelligence. LLMs as electricity. The same origin's data fiefdoms as fractal monopolies. The rainshadow of the same origin policy. The switch cost floor. Security nihilism. Convenience without surveillance.
I just published my weekly reflections: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Bespoke creation vs outcomes. LLMs as gap-fillers. Faster horses. Elevated Engineering. Jargon as incantation. The digital Third Place. Cozy Community wizards. Flintstoning. Instagrammable burgers. Motivated randos.
Bespoke creation vs outcomes. LLMs as gap-fillers. Faster horses. Elevated Engineering. Jargon as incantation. The digital Third Place. Cozy Community wizards. Flintstoning. Instagrammable burgers. Motivated randos.
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Author: Alex Komoroske alex@komoroske.com What is this? During the week I take notes on ideas that catch my attention during conversations. Once a week I take a few hours to take a step back and try ...
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January 12, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I just published my weekly reflections: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Bespoke creation vs outcomes. LLMs as gap-fillers. Faster horses. Elevated Engineering. Jargon as incantation. The digital Third Place. Cozy Community wizards. Flintstoning. Instagrammable burgers. Motivated randos.
Bespoke creation vs outcomes. LLMs as gap-fillers. Faster horses. Elevated Engineering. Jargon as incantation. The digital Third Place. Cozy Community wizards. Flintstoning. Instagrammable burgers. Motivated randos.
I went on the Atlantic podcast with my friends and collaborators @mmasnick.bsky.social and @zoew.bsky.social to talk about Resonant Computing: an optimistic vision for tech in the age of AI.
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
Can We Save the Internet?
Grok’s “digital undressing” crisis and a manifesto to build a better internet
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January 11, 2026 at 7:01 PM
I went on the Atlantic podcast with my friends and collaborators @mmasnick.bsky.social and @zoew.bsky.social to talk about Resonant Computing: an optimistic vision for tech in the age of AI.
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
ChatGPT Health: openai.com/index/introd...
January 8, 2026 at 6:21 PM
ChatGPT Health: openai.com/index/introd...
The same origin paradigm turns every app creator into a goblin jealously hoarding their data treasure.
January 8, 2026 at 12:34 AM
The same origin paradigm turns every app creator into a goblin jealously hoarding their data treasure.
I just published my weekly reflections: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Not Big Tech, My Tech. The digital third place. Fractal personalization. The Software Industrial Revolution. The Same Origin jealous goblins. Climbing the wrong infinite software hill. Useful slogs are moats. Touch vs sight.
Not Big Tech, My Tech. The digital third place. Fractal personalization. The Software Industrial Revolution. The Same Origin jealous goblins. Climbing the wrong infinite software hill. Useful slogs are moats. Touch vs sight.
komoroske.com/bits-and-bobs
Author: Alex Komoroske alex@komoroske.com What is this? During the week I take notes on ideas that catch my attention during conversations. Once a week I take a few hours to take a step back and try ...
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January 6, 2026 at 6:57 PM
I just published my weekly reflections: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Not Big Tech, My Tech. The digital third place. Fractal personalization. The Software Industrial Revolution. The Same Origin jealous goblins. Climbing the wrong infinite software hill. Useful slogs are moats. Touch vs sight.
Not Big Tech, My Tech. The digital third place. Fractal personalization. The Software Industrial Revolution. The Same Origin jealous goblins. Climbing the wrong infinite software hill. Useful slogs are moats. Touch vs sight.
A world of infinite software is post-software.
Software will be so pervasive that it can be taken totally for granted.
It becomes invisible by becoming ubiquitous.
Software will be so pervasive that it can be taken totally for granted.
It becomes invisible by becoming ubiquitous.
December 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
A world of infinite software is post-software.
Software will be so pervasive that it can be taken totally for granted.
It becomes invisible by becoming ubiquitous.
Software will be so pervasive that it can be taken totally for granted.
It becomes invisible by becoming ubiquitous.
I feel like the mama bird feeding my little Claude Codes.
There’s always at least one chirping.
By the time you feed one, there’s another already ready to be fed.
It’s hard to rip yourself away!
There’s always at least one chirping.
By the time you feed one, there’s another already ready to be fed.
It’s hard to rip yourself away!
December 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I feel like the mama bird feeding my little Claude Codes.
There’s always at least one chirping.
By the time you feed one, there’s another already ready to be fed.
It’s hard to rip yourself away!
There’s always at least one chirping.
By the time you feed one, there’s another already ready to be fed.
It’s hard to rip yourself away!
I just published my weekly reflections docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Feeding my chirping Claude Code chicks. LLM Computers. Moving vibecoded software beyond toys. Iron bubbles. Infinite software in apps as a cul de sac. Maximizing the resonant personal impact of AI. Reverse cookies. The PhD Ramp
Feeding my chirping Claude Code chicks. LLM Computers. Moving vibecoded software beyond toys. Iron bubbles. Infinite software in apps as a cul de sac. Maximizing the resonant personal impact of AI. Reverse cookies. The PhD Ramp
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Author: Alex Komoroske alex@komoroske.com What is this? During the week I take notes on ideas that catch my attention during conversations. Once a week I take a few hours to take a step back and try ...
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December 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I just published my weekly reflections docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Feeding my chirping Claude Code chicks. LLM Computers. Moving vibecoded software beyond toys. Iron bubbles. Infinite software in apps as a cul de sac. Maximizing the resonant personal impact of AI. Reverse cookies. The PhD Ramp
Feeding my chirping Claude Code chicks. LLM Computers. Moving vibecoded software beyond toys. Iron bubbles. Infinite software in apps as a cul de sac. Maximizing the resonant personal impact of AI. Reverse cookies. The PhD Ramp
Had a blast recording this podcast on Resonant Computing: www.riskgaming.com/p/can-softwa...
Can software platforms reverse enshittification?
Alex Komoroske and Sam Arbesman on the next ten years in tech
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December 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Had a blast recording this podcast on Resonant Computing: www.riskgaming.com/p/can-softwa...
Today if someone makes software you use they own your data.
...wait, what?
...wait, what?
December 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Today if someone makes software you use they own your data.
...wait, what?
...wait, what?
Everyone thinks their own slop smells sweet.
December 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Everyone thinks their own slop smells sweet.
I just published my weekly reflections: docs.google.com/document/d/1... .
LLMs as Borgesian Libraries. Vibecoding as a state of inebriation. Extrinsic personalization as manipulation. The missing HyperCard. Inductively knowable UX. The innovation of the 404. The impending end of the Big App era.
LLMs as Borgesian Libraries. Vibecoding as a state of inebriation. Extrinsic personalization as manipulation. The missing HyperCard. Inductively knowable UX. The innovation of the 404. The impending end of the Big App era.
komoroske.com/bits-and-bobs
Author: Alex Komoroske alex@komoroske.com What is this? During the week I take notes on ideas that catch my attention during conversations. Once a week I take a few hours to take a step back and try ...
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December 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I just published my weekly reflections: docs.google.com/document/d/1... .
LLMs as Borgesian Libraries. Vibecoding as a state of inebriation. Extrinsic personalization as manipulation. The missing HyperCard. Inductively knowable UX. The innovation of the 404. The impending end of the Big App era.
LLMs as Borgesian Libraries. Vibecoding as a state of inebriation. Extrinsic personalization as manipulation. The missing HyperCard. Inductively knowable UX. The innovation of the 404. The impending end of the Big App era.
The problem isn't anybody choosing Candy Crush. The problem is when there's nothing left to choose BUT Candy Crush.
December 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The problem isn't anybody choosing Candy Crush. The problem is when there's nothing left to choose BUT Candy Crush.
I just published my weekly reflections: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
AGI as kayfabe. SETI@Home for Deep Research trawling through old papers. Thinking paper. A cozy OS for your life. AI Service Provider. Vibecoding islands. Atomic networks. Superstitions with guestbooks. Liability meatbags.
AGI as kayfabe. SETI@Home for Deep Research trawling through old papers. Thinking paper. A cozy OS for your life. AI Service Provider. Vibecoding islands. Atomic networks. Superstitions with guestbooks. Liability meatbags.
komoroske.com/bits-and-bobs
Author: Alex Komoroske alex@komoroske.com What is this? During the week I take notes on ideas that catch my attention during conversations. Once a week I take a few hours to take a step back and try ...
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December 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I just published my weekly reflections: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
AGI as kayfabe. SETI@Home for Deep Research trawling through old papers. Thinking paper. A cozy OS for your life. AI Service Provider. Vibecoding islands. Atomic networks. Superstitions with guestbooks. Liability meatbags.
AGI as kayfabe. SETI@Home for Deep Research trawling through old papers. Thinking paper. A cozy OS for your life. AI Service Provider. Vibecoding islands. Atomic networks. Superstitions with guestbooks. Liability meatbags.
Reposted by Alex Komoroske
We announced/released this at @wired.com's Big Interview event yesterday with @katie-drummond.bsky.social and @stevenlevy.bsky.social interviewing myself and @komorama.bsky.social on stage. I love Steven's framing that "it's time to save Silicon Valley from itself." www.wired.com/story/big-in...
It’s Time to Save Silicon Valley From Itself
Big Tech has lost its way. At WIRED’s Big Interview event, Techdirt editor Mike Masnick and Common Tools CEO Alex Komoroske announced a manifesto designed to help the industry get back on track.
www.wired.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
We announced/released this at @wired.com's Big Interview event yesterday with @katie-drummond.bsky.social and @stevenlevy.bsky.social interviewing myself and @komorama.bsky.social on stage. I love Steven's framing that "it's time to save Silicon Valley from itself." www.wired.com/story/big-in...
What if technology didn’t feel so… hollow?
Some friends and I just released a manifesto about a world where tech leaves us feeling nourished (along with an evolving list of theses about how we can build it)
resonantcomputing.org
Some friends and I just released a manifesto about a world where tech leaves us feeling nourished (along with an evolving list of theses about how we can build it)
resonantcomputing.org
The Resonant Computing Manifesto
Technology should bring out the best in humanity, not the worst—a manifesto for resonant computing built on five principles that reject hyper-scale extraction for human flourishing.
resonantcomputing.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
What if technology didn’t feel so… hollow?
Some friends and I just released a manifesto about a world where tech leaves us feeling nourished (along with an evolving list of theses about how we can build it)
resonantcomputing.org
Some friends and I just released a manifesto about a world where tech leaves us feeling nourished (along with an evolving list of theses about how we can build it)
resonantcomputing.org
What drew many of us to tech was the hacker ethic: technology as a force for human flourishing. The industry didn't abandon it—we accidentally optimized it away in pursuit of short-term metrics. Resonant products build trust. Trust compounds. That's good ethics and good business.
December 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
What drew many of us to tech was the hacker ethic: technology as a force for human flourishing. The industry didn't abandon it—we accidentally optimized it away in pursuit of short-term metrics. Resonant products build trust. Trust compounds. That's good ethics and good business.
If people don't believe the hopeful future is possible, then they won't even bother trying to build it.
December 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
If people don't believe the hopeful future is possible, then they won't even bother trying to build it.
Technology is primarily an amplifier, so it's imperative that it amplifies the right thing.
December 3, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Technology is primarily an amplifier, so it's imperative that it amplifies the right thing.
I just published my weekly reflections docs.google.com/document/d/1....
Intention vs attention. SaaSy CRUD. Vibecoded islands. Responsibility laundering. Heaping epicycles on the geocentrism of the same origin paradigm. Resonant privacy. Brands as bank accounts. Dammed up data. Sleepwalking giants.
Intention vs attention. SaaSy CRUD. Vibecoded islands. Responsibility laundering. Heaping epicycles on the geocentrism of the same origin paradigm. Resonant privacy. Brands as bank accounts. Dammed up data. Sleepwalking giants.
komoroske.com/bits-and-bobs
Author: Alex Komoroske alex@komoroske.com What is this? During the week I take notes on ideas that catch my attention during conversations. Once a week I take a few hours to take a step back and try ...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I just published my weekly reflections docs.google.com/document/d/1....
Intention vs attention. SaaSy CRUD. Vibecoded islands. Responsibility laundering. Heaping epicycles on the geocentrism of the same origin paradigm. Resonant privacy. Brands as bank accounts. Dammed up data. Sleepwalking giants.
Intention vs attention. SaaSy CRUD. Vibecoded islands. Responsibility laundering. Heaping epicycles on the geocentrism of the same origin paradigm. Resonant privacy. Brands as bank accounts. Dammed up data. Sleepwalking giants.
Silicon Valley's lost decade: consumer ceded to aggregators, software "innovation" meant SaaSy CRUD for some vertical niche. We forgot software could be anything else.
Infinite software means we can dream again.
Infinite software means we can dream again.
November 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Silicon Valley's lost decade: consumer ceded to aggregators, software "innovation" meant SaaSy CRUD for some vertical niche. We forgot software could be anything else.
Infinite software means we can dream again.
Infinite software means we can dream again.
AI companions designed by corporations will feel like friendship, but work like social media.
A dangerous combination!
A dangerous combination!
November 26, 2025 at 1:17 AM
AI companions designed by corporations will feel like friendship, but work like social media.
A dangerous combination!
A dangerous combination!