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Sometimes I get worked up about bonds (yes, it's possible)

One of the things I hate is people parroting the claim that you don’t gain anything by holding individual bonds rather than a bond fund. They make the claim with an arrogance that suggests they think it’s a deep insight others have missed.

AI workflow porn is as bad as productivity porn

I see many parallels between folks writing and commenting on the right way to use AI and the personal productivity/PKM crowd.

Changing my web habits

I’ve been making an effort to change my web habits. I had too much of a small number of websites, and was limiting my “writing” (should you want to call it that) to comments. In other words, my use of the web was a complete waste of time.

Reading and Writing Code in the LLM Age

There have been folks questioning whether we should still read and write code in 2026. (Examples: here, here, here, and here).

Leaving Hacker News

This post is not really a post, it’s a comment inspired by this post from someone leaving lobste.rs.

I am also bored of AI

Motivated by this post.

Today in Shit HN Says

I came across this gem that was not downvoted on HN today:

I'm less optimistic about AI

I’ve been on the optimistic side of the aisle when it comes to AI. It’s hard to look at the potential business uses of AI and not see an explosion of productivity and firm profits. A few of the benefits I see are

What's wrong with social media?

It is reasonable to call me anti-social media. I believe that time spent interacting with random people on the internet, in an environment that uses metrics to tell you how well you’re playing the game, should be zero or close to it.

Internet Content Directory 2026

Finding real internet content in 2026 feels hard.

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