Bart Heesink
@bheesink.bsky.social
Eigenaar bij Leukeleu • Strategisch partner voor duurzame software • Privacy & security by design • Fan van “boring tech”
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Short musings on "cognitive debt" - I'm seeing this in my own work, where excessive unreviewed AI-generated code leads me to lose a firm mental model of what I've built, which then makes it harder to confidently make future decisions simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/15/...
How Generative and Agentic AI Shift Concern from Technical Debt to Cognitive Debt
This piece by Margaret-Anne Storey is the best explanation of the term cognitive debt I've seen so far. Cognitive debt, a term gaining traction recently, instead communicates the notion that …
simonwillison.net
February 15, 2026 at 5:22 AM
Short musings on "cognitive debt" - I'm seeing this in my own work, where excessive unreviewed AI-generated code leads me to lose a firm mental model of what I've built, which then makes it harder to confidently make future decisions simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/15/...
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Rubio’s speech was both an ode to migration as a key factor in establishing the great USA, all the way to his own life story, and a case for why immigration destroys civilization 🤷🏼♀️ A romantic appeal to trasatlanticism but a clear Trumpian agenda ‘my way or the highway’
February 14, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Rubio’s speech was both an ode to migration as a key factor in establishing the great USA, all the way to his own life story, and a case for why immigration destroys civilization 🤷🏼♀️ A romantic appeal to trasatlanticism but a clear Trumpian agenda ‘my way or the highway’
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Palantir now sues a Swiss magazine. But yeah let’s keep the lie alive that Trump’s America is a beacon of free speech ↘️
Der Konzern #Palantir geht gegen das Schweizer Magazin „Republik“ vor. Das hatte in Recherchen nachgezeichnet, warum die Systeme des Unternehmens problematisch für Staaten und deren Souveränität sind. Das Magazin will sich von der Klage nicht einschüchtern lassen.
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David gegen Goliath: Überwachungskonzern Palantir verklagt die „Republik“
Der Großkonzern Palantir geht presserechtlich gegen das Schweizer Magazin
netzpolitik.org
February 13, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Palantir now sues a Swiss magazine. But yeah let’s keep the lie alive that Trump’s America is a beacon of free speech ↘️