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The Daily

One production story, every weekday morning.

Three hundred words on something that shipped, broke, or got pulled. What the system does, who owns it, and the number that matters. Read in under two minutes.

Mon–Fri · 07:00 local · ~300 words

The Weekly

The episode, written down and taken apart.

Saturday. The week’s interview turned into a written breakdown: the architecture, the costs, the failure modes, and the parts the guest would change. Plus what we read.

Saturday · 09:00 local · 1,200–1,800 words
Archive 06 issues
W-06 · Sep 18, 2026
The Escalation Is the Job

If nobody owns the five percent that goes wrong, you did not automate. You moved the mess onto a quieter calendar.

W-05 · Sep 12, 2026
The First AI Hire Is a Worse Bet

The second process you already know is broken will beat the AI person you are about to hire. Almost every time.

W-04 · Aug 6, 2026
Who Trains the Seniors of 2032?

The AI jobs apocalypse didn't happen. Something narrower did, and in one way it's worse.

W-03 · Jul 30, 2026
The Best Argument Against AI Doom Has a Hole in the Middle

Reading Zuckerberg's superintelligence essay the way it deserves — seriously, and then all the way through.

W-02 · Jul 23, 2026
The Measurers Go First

Everyone predicted AI would come for the people doing the work. It came for the people watching the work instead.

W-01 · Jul 16, 2026
Nobody Buys Empowerment

What the AI jobs debate looks like from the vendor side of the table.

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