productivity
Why pay an agent to run a command you already know?
Asking an agent to list files takes longer than typing ls and costs tokens, only for the agent to run ls anyway. On paper, delegating a command you already know makes no sense.
A bicycle for thought
Writing helps us discover what we think, but it leaves us alone with the page. What changes when the page can question us back?
What if coding agents had a learning mode?
Coding agents can take us from intent to production in minutes. What happens to the understanding we used to build along the way?
What happened to the paragraph?
AI-generated writing can be remarkably easy to finish. Why can 2,000 words leave you with so little to remember?
Making room for your thoughts while reading
I'm trying something new with this blog. You can now annotate essays as you read and keep your notes private in your browser. Print the essay to PDF to take your thinking with you.