jun 25, 2026snscratchpad.com ↗
A Frontier Ecosystem for Human Learning Loopsmy take: own your learning loop or cede the value to a few frontier models — AI should amplify human capital, not extract it.
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I'm a software engineer and a YC founder, building AI-powered tools for how people work. This is where I write essays on architecture, AI engineering, and product building, share what I'm reading, and leave tools out on the bench for anyone to use. Stay a while.
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★ latest · 2026-07-05 · 7 min readThe Great Token ArbitrageA look at the emerging pricing gap between AI subscriptions and model APIs, and what it could mean for AI SaaS companies.2026-06-24User Experience Is No Longer Just for Users2026-06-19Beyond RAG: Agentic Context Construction2026-01-15Announcing @taskade/temporal-parserall 20 essaysbrowse →
reading/links + my take, weekly
jan 15, 2024jamesclear.com ↗
The Power of Small Habitsmy take: systems over goals — the compound-interest framing fits codebases and teams as well as personal habits.
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