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The Political Economy of Open Source AI: Who Benefits and Why
Meta open sourced Llama to commoditize OpenAI and Google's competitive advantage, not from principle. The strategic logic of open source AI, examined without sentiment.
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From Idea to Published App in a Weekend — With AI on a Mac
How to build and publish an app in a weekend using AI coding agents on a Mac. A realistic SwiftUI sprint with hour-by-hour timeline, scoping prompts, App Store asset generation, and the honest truth about App Review timing.
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GitHub Copilot: Underrated power of /explain on legacy code no one dares to touch
A field-tested take on the underrated power of /explain on legacy code no one dares to touch with GitHub Copilot: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
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The Science of Ergonomics: Why Some Products Don't Tire You Even After Hours of Use
Explore the ergonomic science behind products that remain comfortable for hours. Learn how weight distribution, grip design, and interface optimization.
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Google Made the Web Worse and Is Now Making AI the Same Way
SEO ruined the web by making content optimize for algorithms rather than readers. AI is creating the same incentive structure — same cause, same outcome.
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AI Meeting Notes That Don't Embarrass You — The Local Setup
How to set up private AI meeting notes on a Mac with MacWhisper, whisper.cpp, BlackHole audio routing, and local LLM summarization. Includes a structured summary template, speaker diarization workarounds, and recording consent rules.
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Local LLMs with Ollama: When a local 7B beats a cloud 70B in latency-sensitive loops
A field-tested take on when a local 7B beats a cloud 70B in latency-sensitive loops with Local LLMs with Ollama: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
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How the Meaning of Premium Product Is Changing in 2026
Explore how premium products are being redefined in 2026. Learn why longevity, sustainability, privacy, and invisible quality now matter more than.
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Why Benchmarks Are Lying to You About AI Progress
AI benchmarks are contaminated, over-optimized, and poor proxies for real capability. Why the numbers in every AI press release are less meaningful than they appear.
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The Multi-Mac AI Cluster — Insane Overkill or the Future?
Can you build an AI cluster from multiple Macs? A hands-on look at exo distributed inference on Apple Silicon, Thunderbolt bridge performance, real token-per-second numbers, and when a Mac cluster beats one big Mac Studio.
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Agentic coding: How to review a PR an agent opened in the middle of the night
A field-tested take on how to review a PR an agent opened in the middle of the night with Agentic coding: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
