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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.
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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.
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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!
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LLMs allow us to electrify software, making it coactive, practically alive.
November 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
LLMs allow us to electrify software, making it coactive, practically alive.
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What would it look like to decentralize apps?
That app is the nexus of power because it is where the data lives. The app is at the top of the stack deciding what pixels to render. Decentralization at other layers doesn't matter nearly as much.
That app is the nexus of power because it is where the data lives. The app is at the top of the stack deciding what pixels to render. Decentralization at other layers doesn't matter nearly as much.
November 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
What would it look like to decentralize apps?
That app is the nexus of power because it is where the data lives. The app is at the top of the stack deciding what pixels to render. Decentralization at other layers doesn't matter nearly as much.
That app is the nexus of power because it is where the data lives. The app is at the top of the stack deciding what pixels to render. Decentralization at other layers doesn't matter nearly as much.
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What if instead of buying software from a store, you could grow it in your garden?
November 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
What if instead of buying software from a store, you could grow it in your garden?
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Most vibe coding tools produce Potemkin software. Demos great, falls over in the slightest breeze.
We need infrastructure where strangers can refine vibe-coded software so improvements benefit everyone... yet it's somehow still safe with your private data.
We need infrastructure where strangers can refine vibe-coded software so improvements benefit everyone... yet it's somehow still safe with your private data.
October 30, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Most vibe coding tools produce Potemkin software. Demos great, falls over in the slightest breeze.
We need infrastructure where strangers can refine vibe-coded software so improvements benefit everyone... yet it's somehow still safe with your private data.
We need infrastructure where strangers can refine vibe-coded software so improvements benefit everyone... yet it's somehow still safe with your private data.
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Your perfect personal use case is an edge case for an aggregator.
October 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Your perfect personal use case is an edge case for an aggregator.
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Software should feel like a personal garden that grows for you, not something some stranger constructed.
October 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Software should feel like a personal garden that grows for you, not something some stranger constructed.
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Resonance is when want and need are aligned.
October 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Resonance is when want and need are aligned.
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Software today is like eating canned corn from the convenience store. What if it could be more like a personal farmer's market?
October 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Software today is like eating canned corn from the convenience store. What if it could be more like a personal farmer's market?
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Code is like a skeleton, LLMs are like muscle.
Skeleton alone: precise structure that can't move. Muscle alone: quivering mass on the floor with no leverage.
Put them together correctly and you get a body capable of threading a needle or throwing a fastball.
Skeleton alone: precise structure that can't move. Muscle alone: quivering mass on the floor with no leverage.
Put them together correctly and you get a body capable of threading a needle or throwing a fastball.
October 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Code is like a skeleton, LLMs are like muscle.
Skeleton alone: precise structure that can't move. Muscle alone: quivering mass on the floor with no leverage.
Put them together correctly and you get a body capable of threading a needle or throwing a fastball.
Skeleton alone: precise structure that can't move. Muscle alone: quivering mass on the floor with no leverage.
Put them together correctly and you get a body capable of threading a needle or throwing a fastball.
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AI should be a tool, not a friend.
Tools extend your agency.
Synthetic 'friends' are engagement optimization in disguise.
The Star Trek computer never said "good morning."
Tools extend your agency.
Synthetic 'friends' are engagement optimization in disguise.
The Star Trek computer never said "good morning."
October 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM
AI should be a tool, not a friend.
Tools extend your agency.
Synthetic 'friends' are engagement optimization in disguise.
The Star Trek computer never said "good morning."
Tools extend your agency.
Synthetic 'friends' are engagement optimization in disguise.
The Star Trek computer never said "good morning."
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Data is alienable. Because it replicates so easily, once it's out of your sight it's out of your control. When used behind your back, it loses its contextual integrity—alienated from your intention, turned against your interest. How can we make your data always work for you?
September 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Data is alienable. Because it replicates so easily, once it's out of your sight it's out of your control. When used behind your back, it loses its contextual integrity—alienated from your intention, turned against your interest. How can we make your data always work for you?
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For the power of coactive UIs to be unleashed, they have to be turing complete: able to add not just content but also code to themselves.
That's where all the power to make it truly coactive comes from... but also with the wrong security model, it will be dangerous!
That's where all the power to make it truly coactive comes from... but also with the wrong security model, it will be dangerous!
September 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
For the power of coactive UIs to be unleashed, they have to be turing complete: able to add not just content but also code to themselves.
That's where all the power to make it truly coactive comes from... but also with the wrong security model, it will be dangerous!
That's where all the power to make it truly coactive comes from... but also with the wrong security model, it will be dangerous!
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Chatbots feel kind of like mobile before the iPhone
September 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Chatbots feel kind of like mobile before the iPhone
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Every enterprise has a system of record. Every person has... email: a compost heap.
What we need: a garden that grows from that compost. Something we tend, prune, curate. An emergent system of record for our personal lives.
LLMs should handle the weeding. We should choose what blooms.
What we need: a garden that grows from that compost. Something we tend, prune, curate. An emergent system of record for our personal lives.
LLMs should handle the weeding. We should choose what blooms.
August 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Every enterprise has a system of record. Every person has... email: a compost heap.
What we need: a garden that grows from that compost. Something we tend, prune, curate. An emergent system of record for our personal lives.
LLMs should handle the weeding. We should choose what blooms.
What we need: a garden that grows from that compost. Something we tend, prune, curate. An emergent system of record for our personal lives.
LLMs should handle the weeding. We should choose what blooms.
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Apps are the wrong soil for the seeds of LLMs to blossom to their full potential.
August 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Apps are the wrong soil for the seeds of LLMs to blossom to their full potential.
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Strava obscures the precise starting and end points of your ride for privacy.
I want anyone who follows me on Strava and I also give location sharing to in FindMy to be able to see the precise starting point.
That's structurally impossible in the same origin paradigm!
I want anyone who follows me on Strava and I also give location sharing to in FindMy to be able to see the precise starting point.
That's structurally impossible in the same origin paradigm!
August 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Strava obscures the precise starting and end points of your ride for privacy.
I want anyone who follows me on Strava and I also give location sharing to in FindMy to be able to see the precise starting point.
That's structurally impossible in the same origin paradigm!
I want anyone who follows me on Strava and I also give location sharing to in FindMy to be able to see the precise starting point.
That's structurally impossible in the same origin paradigm!
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Each tier gives you an order of magnitude better protection.
The vast majority of the cloud is in tier 1 or 2 today. Moving most computing to tier 3 would be a massive improvement.
Tier 4 is overkill for most situations. Your family pictures will definitely be safe in the embassy.
The vast majority of the cloud is in tier 1 or 2 today. Moving most computing to tier 3 would be a massive improvement.
Tier 4 is overkill for most situations. Your family pictures will definitely be safe in the embassy.
August 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Each tier gives you an order of magnitude better protection.
The vast majority of the cloud is in tier 1 or 2 today. Moving most computing to tier 3 would be a massive improvement.
Tier 4 is overkill for most situations. Your family pictures will definitely be safe in the embassy.
The vast majority of the cloud is in tier 1 or 2 today. Moving most computing to tier 3 would be a massive improvement.
Tier 4 is overkill for most situations. Your family pictures will definitely be safe in the embassy.
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3) Trusted Execution Environments: an embassy. Snooping would be an act of war.
4) ZK Proofs: a volcano lair on a remote island. Society would have to have broken down.
4) ZK Proofs: a volcano lair on a remote island. Society would have to have broken down.
August 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
3) Trusted Execution Environments: an embassy. Snooping would be an act of war.
4) ZK Proofs: a volcano lair on a remote island. Society would have to have broken down.
4) ZK Proofs: a volcano lair on a remote island. Society would have to have broken down.
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Four tiers of privacy in cloud computing:
1) Cloud apps: couch surfing in someone else's apartment. The host can do whatever they want.
2) Cloud VMs: renting an apartment. The landlord can come in but only in an emergency.
1) Cloud apps: couch surfing in someone else's apartment. The host can do whatever they want.
2) Cloud VMs: renting an apartment. The landlord can come in but only in an emergency.
August 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Four tiers of privacy in cloud computing:
1) Cloud apps: couch surfing in someone else's apartment. The host can do whatever they want.
2) Cloud VMs: renting an apartment. The landlord can come in but only in an emergency.
1) Cloud apps: couch surfing in someone else's apartment. The host can do whatever they want.
2) Cloud VMs: renting an apartment. The landlord can come in but only in an emergency.
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Your therapist and your coworker can't be the same person.
A chatbot with a single personality, identity, and memory for your whole life doesn't make sense.
A chatbot with a single personality, identity, and memory for your whole life doesn't make sense.
August 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Your therapist and your coworker can't be the same person.
A chatbot with a single personality, identity, and memory for your whole life doesn't make sense.
A chatbot with a single personality, identity, and memory for your whole life doesn't make sense.
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Chat is a great modality for starting open-ended single-player explorations.
Chat is a terrible modality for managing long-running, structured, or multi-player tasks.
Chat is a terrible modality for managing long-running, structured, or multi-player tasks.
August 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Chat is a great modality for starting open-ended single-player explorations.
Chat is a terrible modality for managing long-running, structured, or multi-player tasks.
Chat is a terrible modality for managing long-running, structured, or multi-player tasks.