AI

1. 12 July 2026

   Classic literature: an AI showcase (13.5 hours over 3 days)

   I've forgotten most of the books I've read, and I'll never read the whole canon anyway. So over three days, and 13.5 hours with Claude Code, I built a personal map of the classics of literature and ho…

2. 19 December 2025

   Thoughts on AI

   AI was built in ways I find ethically troubling, and it's going to hurt people who don't deserve to be hurt. I hate it. But the toothpaste is out of the tube, and I've come to the conclusion that prag…

3. 2 December 2025

   The paradox of code

   Since ChatGPT was released in late 2022, learning to code has become dramatically easier. I taught myself to code with the help of ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini — it felt like a genuine revolution in ac…

4. 1 August 2023

   Ways I use AI in my day-to-day life

   I use AI every day. Most of the time I use ChatGPT or Claude 2 — if something is a bit detailed and I'm not sure how useful the AI will be, I often open a chat window with both and see which one is be…

5. 5 May 2023

   AI and the last mile

   AI can get you 90% or 95% of the way through a project surprisingly quickly. Getting the final stretch — the bit that makes it actually ready — is often harder than everything that came before. It's a…

6. 4 April 2023

   AI, red herrings, and Superman vs Voldemort

   Red herrings are things that distract us from what is really important — a bit like bringing up the upcoming movie Superman vs Voldemort during a conversation that is hitting a lull. When it comes to…