But let's be honest, when Atlas is at feature parity with the hot young things of the browser world, (which seeing how fast they ship, will probably be next week), can anything stop it?

Anyway, I wrote more about it here jonnyburch.com/browser-wars/

Here's to liminal spaces. If you're in one, let me know. I'd be fascinated to hear more.

And if you want clarity over the technology, come join our hack week next week (at hackweeks.com)

Voltaire said "Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd".

Challenging assumptions is key as we go through what I believe will be a significant change to our working lives. An open mind. Willingness to learn and explore - not just technology but ourselves.

So if you're feeling like you're in a liminal space — maybe between jobs or careers, or facing up to a growing sense that what you've learnt to do or be isn't going to get you where you need...

...stay there.

Don't dismiss it and stick with your comfort zone.

With the pressure of everyday life, a state of play can be tricky. Just remember, the discomfort now is a down payment on way more clarity in the future. Clarity over what you love, what the world needs from you, where to focus in the future.

But to hold yourself in that place of discomfort and to see that journey as its own destination (as much as is possible), requires safety, permission, accountability and a state of play.

I suspect many of us will be thinking hard about this over the next few years. What got us here, won't get us... where? It all feels so unclear.

Many will have to adapt fast just to stay in place, or choose to make big moves into unknown territory.

(An aside: I hadn't put a name to what I was doing until reading
@neuranne.bsky.social‬'s new book 'Tiny Experiments' in the last couple of weeks. I'd recommend it to anyone in a period of transition.)

But this is a place I'm holding myself in generally right now.

Trying things. Not jumping into big decisions. Allowing the answers to come to me.

Extremely uncomfortable to be honest, but it feels important.

We learnt a lot from the first Hack Week - HW2 will be tighter and more valuable again. There's 6 spots left - go sign up at hackweeks.com

"I loved the week - it was the kick up the butt that I needed to just open the tools and get on with it. Which ended up being much less intimidating than I somehow thought it was going to be." - Paula, CPO and Hack Weeks 1 participant

Our first Hack week proved that. The structure Tom and I put together worked well, but what brought it to life was the participants. Enthusiastic, open minded, giving of their time and opinions. Probably five new friends...

Learning to scope, plan, build and polish your own projects with AI is a huge unlock - but so much more fun with a team around you.

That's why a small cohort (HW1 was 5 people, HW2 is limited to 8) and deep conversations is the difference between cracking something, and not.

As a non engineer, building with AI on your own is frustrating enough that most will give up. Roadblocks, unexpected rewrites, confusing pricing, dead ends galore.

But when it works? Lightbulb moment. Something you'd have had to ask a developer, data analyst, writer for - done.

Building with AI is absolutely the jagged frontier right now. Sometimes it will blow your mind, other times you'll want to throw your laptop out of the window.

The AI 'trough of disillusionment' is real.

This is a new slide in our Hack Weeks intro deck, for that reason.

...satori I mean. 🫠

I did this in astro a while back, lib built on top of the satoshi one. Pretty satisfying not having to come up with an image!

Want to come along? Sign up at foundupnorth.com, we'd love to meet you...