Perspectives
What we share with clients, we share with the world, because in a confusing time, clear guidance matters. Every week, our co-founders—Paul Ford, one of the world’s top tech writers and thinkers, and Rich Ziade, who has led transformations for some of the biggest companies on the planet—explore how AI is changing software, business, and everything else through our podcast, newsletter, and live events, often with fascinating guests from tech, media, and culture. Start with the latest, or dig into the archives. We’ve been at this for a while.
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A conversation with Every.org, Candid, and The CenterCan AI Help Nonprofits Fundraise?
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Sign contracts for free, no login needed.Meet Aboard Sign
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How does the current state of the industry look to a journalist on the ground?Anthony Ha: Dispatches from a TechCrunch AI Reporter
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Paul Ford for NYT Opinion: Anthropic’s I.P.O. is about more than just one company raising boatloads of cash.The Open Secret Buried in Anthropic’s 300-Page I.P.O. Filing (opens in a new tab)
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It’s only a matter of time before we start hacking, well, everything.The Great Firmware Flowering
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The president of Every.org discusses ways that nonprofits can introduce—and embrace—AI.Allison Fine: Making AI-Driven Change Less Scary
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Paul Ford, a co-founder of Aboard and longtime tech blogger, recently built a tool called TinyLittleOffice that puts all the stuff in an unexpected place: the URL. Paul joins the…Vergecast: Files are over. All you need are URLs. (opens in a new tab)
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A panel discussion moderated by Molly HardyWhen Public Data Goes Dark
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Web browsers enable incredibly rich app development—and that’s radically easier than it used to be.The Web Is More Than Enough
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In our new series, Paul and Rich are ready to answer your questions about AI—and beyond.Ask Aboard: AI Security, Bad Clients, and Yacht Rock
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...and it's a perfect privacy match for Signal fans with no logins and local-only storageDeveloper vibe-codes another free Microsoft Office clone for your browser (opens in a new tab)
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Tiny Little Office got a mention in the Financial Times' markets and finance blog.Financial Times’ FT Alphaville (opens in a new tab)
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Paul Ford and Rich Ziade revive the TinySheet concept with a suite of productivity tools that encode document data directly into shareable links, offering a privacy-focused alternative to cloud-based editors.TinyLittleOffice stores documents in URLs, skipping servers entirely (opens in a new tab)
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Tiny Little Office (opens in a new tab)
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For those times when a full-fat editor is overkillTinyLittleOffice, where the link is the document (opens in a new tab)
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The link is the document!Introducing TinyLittleOffice.com
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Translating between politicians and tech with the Center for Shared AI Prosperity.Jason Goldman: From VC Pitches to AI Kill Switches
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It’s important to hear all sides of the debate.An Op-Ed Written by the World’s Best Models
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Paul Ford joined Please Advise host Manoush Zomorodi to talk about AI and the workplace: whether it threatens our jobs, and how to think about using it responsibly to be…Advice About AI at Work | Please Advise (opens in a new tab)
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Business Insider’s internet culture expert breaks down how AI is reshaping our social feeds.Katie Notopoulos: There Are Still LOLs on the Internet
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Observations from recent meetups on Jev and AI’s role in investigative journalism.People Are Reclaiming the Computer
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LLMs are often far too powerful for the small tasks they’re asked to complete. Is the more-contained Jev the alternative?Is Jev the New Shape of AI?
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Ironically, the AI-ification of everything makes this possible—and necessary.I Keep Accidentally Building Search Engines
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Discussing observability in the AI era with the co-founder and CTO of Honeycomb.Charity Majors: Embrace Your Computer’s Chaos
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A more legible, less terrifying explanation for what’s happening with AI right now—and what we can do about it.Humans Are the Only Real Agents
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Tech execs are sounding alarms about the dangerously fast pace of LLM development. Will any regulators stop them?AI Companies Shouldn’t Police Themselves
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A conversation with Julia Stoyanovich and Paul FordWho’s Responsible for AI?
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Just because A.I. is revolutionizing coding, doesn't mean it will automatically revolutionize our apps.A.I. Slopware Is Everywhere Now. Nobody Is Using It. (opens in a new tab)
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How freaked out should we be by the ‘Hugging Face Incident’? Paul Ford appears on Slate's TBD podcast, discussing some disturbing AI developments, and asking for deep breaths from everyone.A.I-pocalypse now? (opens in a new tab)
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How we got the full back catalog of Lapham’s Quarterly online.A Brand-New Archive for a Historical Treasure
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Problems with your boss? Why not fire up Claude and hit HR with a lengthy legalistic complaint?AI Versus…Talking to People?
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Thoughts on Anthropic’s eye-watering market prediction—and how AI companies are like jam bands.About That $30 Trillion
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The writer and editor discusses his new book, AI for Good.Josh Tyrangiel: Media, Moats, and Middle School
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A tour through AI software’s past from the Internet Archive’s Jason Scott.Little Computer People
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Brandon Whichard speaks with Rich, Aboard's co-founder and CEO, about why enterprise AI projects fail without real discovery, why "agents" have been oversold as a headcount play, and why organizational…Your AI Project Doesn’t Need More Agents, with Rich Ziade (opens in a new tab)
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How did Paul Ford spend his summer? Using AI to actually finish a coding project.It’s Fun to Ship Software
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LLMs, NFTs, and IOUs: Are we back where we started?Is AI Entering Its NFT Era?
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The editor in chief of Every discusses automating herself out of a job. (Not really!)Kate Lee: Can AI Replace Editors Like Me?
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A panel on how museums and cultural institutions are using AI, from visitor experiences to behind-the-scenes operationsAI Comes to the Museum
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Thoughts on Mark Zuckerberg’s AI manifesto—or rather, nine blog posts in a trenchcoat.The Shapeshifter’s Little Brother
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LLMs have radically changed the way software is built—so why aren’t we seeing tons of cool new products?Why Is It So Hard To Ship With AI?
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Has the new AI made the old AI relevant again?Triple Threat
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A conversation with the co-founder and CEO of the Advanced AI Society.Tricia Wang: Verification and Trust in the AI Era
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Building the vaporwave screensaver of my dreams.Summertime Software
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It might sound like ranting, but the Palantir chief is zeroing in on the truth of our AI moment.Karp Carping: Decoding Palantir’s Whole Deal
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A conversation with Josh Hadro and Paul Ford on how to use AI to unlock library archivesDatabases for the People
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What if you cold-emailed things people actually might want?The Other AI Content Paradox
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A Silicon Valley priest discusses advising Anthropic and Pope Leo’s AI encyclical.Father Brendan McGuire: Bringing AI to Church
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The clash between Bun, Zig, and Anthropic is about more than online drama.The Big Bun Fight
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Silicon Valley “disruption” is at odds with the way software creation works—and that’s a problem.AI Unicorns Don’t Exist
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We won’t get the A.I. regulation we deserve until we change how we think about the right to code.Code Is Free Speech. Seriously. (opens in a new tab)
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Muskism breaks down Musk’s world via his actions—but doesn’t illuminate why some still seem to love him.Elon Musk as a Philosophy
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A New York Magazine tech reporter discusses covering an AI flash in the pan.John Herrman: The Declawing of OpenClaw
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Tech’s disconnect with the real world is a feature, not a bug—but when it comes to AI, that’s a big problem.Maybe the Valley Could Listen a Little
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The longtime nonprofit executive discusses the real ways AI could transform the sector.Traci Donnelly: Using AI to Make an Impact
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My favorite remains “agentrification.”More New Words for New Work
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Is the AI era destined to make our software lives nasty, brutish, and short?LevAIthan? A Hobbesian Look at AI
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A panel on AI, craft, and the next era of product designDesign Beyond the Prompt
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You don’t always want AI. Here’s why.Planes, Trains, and Conversational Interfaces
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Nicholas Thompson, CEO of The Atlantic, sits down with Paul Ford to discuss how AI has changed software.How AI Is Changing Code – Paul Ford with Nicholas Thompson (opens in a new tab)
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The author and entrepreneur on his new book Incorruptible: Why Good Companies Go Bad... and How Great Companies Stay Great.Eric Ries: Lean Startup to Tech Ethicist
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It’s easier to build software than ever before—but what are you supposed to do with the things that are left over?Assembly Lines vs. Red Pens
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Hosts Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter chat with Paul about the strange paradox of AI that makes ideation blindingly fast but leaves the hard work of product thinking as slow…Paul Ford on why everything is changing (but not how you think) (opens in a new tab)
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Can Paul and Rich go half an hour without bringing up the term?Challenge: Don’t Mention AI
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After the bubble pops, it will be like Times Square on January 1st.The AI Hangover Will Be Delightful
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Sure, AI might bring on the end times—but you can use it to build your own tax software.Craig Mod: Vibe Coding Towards the Apocalypse
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A conversation with Josh Tyrangiel, Paul Ford, and Rich ZiadeCan AI Be Good?
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Your interactive C-suite demo memo is not going to get you the results you want.Dear Vibe-Coding CEO: Please Stop
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Doctors might be using AI to cut down on paperwork, but should these tools really be used in clinical settings?Kamal Menghrajani: The Limits of AI Healthcare
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All Polly asks for is a monthly quota of crackers (the $200 pro max plan).But I Love Stochastic Parrots!
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A recent report from CircleCI shows the advantages of this technology are not equally distributedWhy AI Makes Things Worse for Enterprise Teams
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Why the future of software is “good loops”Distrust, Then Verify
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The New Yorker staff writer breaks down his recent profile on the head of OpenAIAndrew Marantz: What’s Wrong With Sam Altman?
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Riffing on my recent New York Times Opinion pieceCan AI Companies Be Tamed?
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A panel on how AI investment in healthcare has shifted and where it’s headedHow AI is Shaping Investor Thinking in Healthcare
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By now you’ve probably heard of “vibe coding”: creating software from scratch by prompting AI to generate the source code for you, instead of writing it...AI Can Make Software Now. That Changes Everything, with Paul Ford (opens in a new tab)
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What Paul learned building a newsletter with AIBreaking: Software Work Still Difficult
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AI was never meant to replace humans, it was supposed to be an add on. It's down to how the tool is being used. Not the tool itself.This Is How We Get Moral A.I. Companies (opens in a new tab)
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Are you ready for Zoho-ification?Claude Design Just Wants You to Stop Burning Tokens
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The author of The Country of the Blind discusses what he dubs “the blind vibe-coding revolution”Andrew Leland: Hacking Disability with AI
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“I Can’t Believe It’s Not Software!” Paul Ford on AI and the Asterisk* (opens in a new tab)
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You can’t bet on beating LLMs, but your connection with people still matters most.AI Destroys Moats
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Are consultants being asked to automate themselves out of a job?The AI Consulting Paradox
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Businesses thrive on things like network effect and efficient scale. How are the AI companies stacking up?Know Your Moat!
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The co-founder and CEO of Hidden Door discusses designing games in the AI eraHilary Mason: Product First, Then AI
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Hope you like security warnings!The Ghost Effect
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AI is blurring the distinctions between disciplines. Do we need a new way to talk about work?New Words for a New Industry
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The majority of AI projects fail because we’re using these tools the wrong way.The New Bot Should Clean up the Old Bot’s Mess
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Should we all be setting up companies full of bots? The host of Shell Game weighs in.Evan Ratliff: Preparing for a Ridiculous Future
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You can predict how someone will feel about AI based on how much of their life is spent inside of a bureaucracy.Don’t Mix Up Artifacts With Processes
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A conversation with Dan Shipper, Paul Ford, and Rich ZiadeTech, AI, and NYC
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With AI drastically cutting delivery times in tech and beyond, how should practitioners price their time?Expertise Matters More Than Ever
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The future of code is exciting and terrifying (opens in a new tab)
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A.I. Is a Hyperobject (opens in a new tab)
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What is Aboard today? Call it a praygency—product plus agency, powered by AI.And Now, a Word From Our Sponsor!
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The CEO of Emme discusses how AI can help heal our broken healthcare system.Erynn Petersen: Fixing Healthtech, One Bill at a Time
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As orgs resist change, leadership needs courage and humility to embrace what’s coming.Advice for the AI Revolution
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Should product managers feel threatened by AI, or empowered by it?Product Is More Than Prompts
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Did someone actually do something cool with AI?Born to Runtime
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Public opinion on LLMs varies widely—but how do the people who work on them think about AI?Gideon Lewis-Kraus: How Anthropic Sees Claude
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Newsletterist published in local paper.My New York Times Op-Ed on Vibe Coding
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We're entering a new renaissance of software development. We should all be excited, despite the uncertainties that lie ahead.The A.I. Disruption We’ve Been Waiting for Has Arrived (opens in a new tab)
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Anthropic founder Dario Amodei wants AI to be regulated. Will anyone listen?Can Tech CEOs Be Thoughtful?
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Assessing the ways product management is changing in the AI eraTaking Your Turn
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Is Moltbook merely a novelty, or does it contain bigger ideas about the future of tech?Robot Reddit Wants Your Passwords
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And do we need to care about them?What Are World Models?
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AI is poised to transform the healthcare sector. What does that mean in practice?Docs Heart Bots
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The two big lies of AI—and the third way that works.I Can Finally Afford a Butler…But I Might Get Fired
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“I built it in six hours. Let’s deploy it to production!”Yelling at Vibe Coders
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Maybe software can help with the suck, even if it sucks to further institutionalize the suck with swarms of suck agents doing suck work.What Is AI Healthtech Exactly?
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When does AI actually move the needle on quality, cost, or access?AI in Healthcare
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Claude Code has emerged as a true development tool—but will non-tech people actually use it?Are We All Developers Now?
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What are the risks when everyone can produce code?Four AI Coding Horsemen of the Apocalypse
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Etsy’s Chief Product and Technology Officer talks about the organization’s AI transition.Rafe Colburn: Building Etsy in the AI Era
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AI is your general contractor, and you are the architect.Triple-A Vibe Coding
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Society-wide transformation or incremental change? Predictions on the coming year in AI.Totally Prepared for 2026
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The power of LLMs to help build software is finally being realized—sometimes!The State of Vibecoding
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Stories that caught our eye at the end of the year.Fun Things to Read
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The New Consumer founder breaks down how AI is transforming what we buy—and how we buy it.Dan Frommer: Consumers in the Age of AI
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Getting determined about AI and determinism.Don’t Waste a Miracle
Meet Aboard Sign
The Great Firmware Flowering
The Web Is More Than Enough
Introducing TinyLittleOffice.com
An Op-Ed Written by the World’s Best Models
People Are Reclaiming the Computer
I Keep Accidentally Building Search Engines
Humans Are the Only Real Agents
A Brand-New Archive for a Historical Treasure
About That $30 Trillion
Little Computer People
Is AI Entering Its NFT Era?
The Shapeshifter’s Little Brother
Triple Threat
Summertime Software
Anthony Ha: Dispatches from a TechCrunch AI Reporter
Allison Fine: Making AI-Driven Change Less Scary
Ask Aboard: AI Security, Bad Clients, and Yacht Rock
Jason Goldman: From VC Pitches to AI Kill Switches
Katie Notopoulos: There Are Still LOLs on the Internet
Is Jev the New Shape of AI?
Charity Majors: Embrace Your Computer’s Chaos
AI Companies Shouldn’t Police Themselves
AI Versus…Talking to People?
Josh Tyrangiel: Media, Moats, and Middle School
It’s Fun to Ship Software
Kate Lee: Can AI Replace Editors Like Me?
Why Is It So Hard To Ship With AI?
Tricia Wang: Verification and Trust in the AI Era
Karp Carping: Decoding Palantir’s Whole Deal
Can AI Help Nonprofits Fundraise?
When Public Data Goes Dark
Who’s Responsible for AI?
AI Comes to the Museum
Databases for the People
Design Beyond the Prompt
Can AI Be Good?
How AI is Shaping Investor Thinking in Healthcare
Tech, AI, and NYC
AI in Healthcare
The State of Vibecoding
The AI Effect
Resilient by Design
Q1-Q4 AI
More Than Vibes
The Open Secret Buried in Anthropic’s 300-Page I.P.O. Filing (opens in a new tab)
Vergecast: Files are over. All you need are URLs. (opens in a new tab)
Developer vibe-codes another free Microsoft Office clone for your browser (opens in a new tab)
Financial Times’ FT Alphaville (opens in a new tab)
TinyLittleOffice stores documents in URLs, skipping servers entirely (opens in a new tab)
Tiny Little Office (opens in a new tab)
TinyLittleOffice, where the link is the document (opens in a new tab)
Advice About AI at Work | Please Advise (opens in a new tab)
A.I. Slopware Is Everywhere Now. Nobody Is Using It. (opens in a new tab)
A.I-pocalypse now? (opens in a new tab)
Your AI Project Doesn’t Need More Agents, with Rich Ziade (opens in a new tab)
Code Is Free Speech. Seriously. (opens in a new tab)
How AI Is Changing Code – Paul Ford with Nicholas Thompson (opens in a new tab)
Paul Ford on why everything is changing (but not how you think) (opens in a new tab)
AI Can Make Software Now. That Changes Everything, with Paul Ford (opens in a new tab)
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