Codex, Grok and Claude all agree, and you still don't know if they're right. The guide I use to decide.
The dangerous version of brain rot looks like productivity: more shipped, faster, and fewer decisions that are actually yours.
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DeepSeek V4 and Etched Hardware Advance the AI Development Loop
Two Sequence reports highlight the same advances: DeepSeek's new multimodal V4 capabilities, including vision for agent actions, and Etched's specialized inference hardware moving into production deployment.
Claude Is Blind Without Context. Fix It
Context layer Turns Average Claude Into Super Claude
30 Google Workspace Automations You Can Run With Claude (+ Prompts)
Claude's Google Workspace connectors can now send email and manage Drive files. Here are 30 automations with prompts you can copy and turn into recurring tasks.
1.1 Million Readers in 30 Days. This Is Why.
We had 1.1 million readers in the last 30 days and added more than 21,000 new subscribers.
Excellent new Bill Gates essay on the urgency of having a coherent AI plan
The time to tame Silicon Valley has come
ChatGPT vs. Claude vs. Grok vs. Gemini: The Best AI Across 10 Real Use Cases
My picks for the best AI models and tools across 10 everyday tasks, plus a preview of my upcoming course for paid subscribers
AI brain rot.
How technology make us dumber, weaker & incapable. How to reverse it too:
You bought the agent to get time back. Here is why your calendar filled up instead (+ the five prompts that fix it.)
The work agents create has no name, no owner, and no line on any dashboard — and learning to manage this work is starting to decide who gets promoted.
GTA VI + Claude Could Be Your Retirement Plan
How to Build a GTA VI Intelligence Business With Claude Before November 19
Anthropic’s $30 trillion fantasy
And you thought the SpaceX S-1 was ridiculous
India Is Not a Locale: A Consumer Behaviour Deep Dive
A dive into Indian consumer behaviour, why localised expansion strategies keep stalling, and why "they won't pay" is almost always a product problem in disguise.
