The barrier to creating software has collapsed, but the barrier to maintaining it remains as high as ever. We are entering a phase where the ease of deployment is masking a massive accumulation of future costs. It raises a fundamental question about who owns the long-term architectural integrity when
CleanShot Xcleanshot.com ↗ macOS takes perfectly good screenshots for free, and for years that was enough. What changed isn't the quality of the picture. It's what I do with it afterwards. Most of my screenshots aren't for me. They're going into documentation,
It is back! And almost at the right day of the week! If you are wondering where the last xx weekly newsletter editions went - here's the inside scoop. Apologies again. Without further ado - here are some links I thought were well worth sharing with you. Articles * Review: The
(vet as in veterinarian) We do have a dog, two cats, a hamster and five little birds at home. The dog and the gets are getting old(er), too. In sum, we see the vet a fair share of times per year. After the last visit to get our cat
Remember the weekly link newsletter that I started here a few months ago? I do! "Florian's Filter" is not dead, but it stopped... because I had created magic, but did not make it robust. It is a story I see all around, and just as much
These days I am often coming back to vivid memories from my childhood that relate to technology. In the mid 1990s, my parents bought their first desktop computer. An Intel 386 processor, a floppy drive (5 1/4 inch) and a 3 1/2 inch disk drive, an 120 MB
Tom Peters has been all about "Excellence" for a few decades now, and I've been following/ reading/ thinking about his points for twenty of those years. If you don't know Tom Peters: you are in for a ride. If he was using a typewriter,
A public holiday at the beginning of W22 threw me off - apologies for the late sendout. I am backdating the publication date to the regular Sunday to not trip up the archive for all time to come ;) The rapid evolution of large language models often feels like a relentless tide,
The shift from proving genAI use in corporate workflows in general, towards managing real-world genAI deployment at scale is proving much more complex than many anticipated, the friction of integration remains high. No wonder that we see weird incentive scenarios (Amazon this week...), and the genAI behemoths creating their
The most significant shifts in technology often occur within the layers we take for granted, whether it is the thermal management of a chip or the foundational trust in data privacy. Observing these structural developments reveals much about where the next era of computing will be anchored. These pieces explore
Does the preoccupation with long-term AGI risks blind us to the immediate economic and social frictions currently unfolding? From unsustainable generative AI subsidies to the direct impact of live model experimentation on users, the most significant shifts are happening in the present. This week explores these pressing realities alongside
Welcome back! This is the third installation of my newsletter, and I am already happy to create this public archive of interesting content. From the buzzwords generated by LLMs to the physical modularity of new hardware, the underlying structures are shifting. This week's curation explores both the risks