Weekly notes on AI, products, and culture—what broke, what shipped, and how to exploit the weirdness without losing your soul.
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- Bug Reports — the dumb things tech did this week (and why it’ll do it again).
- Hotfixes — practical workarounds you can use right now.
- Exploits — harmless edges to try before they patch them.
Sample issue (mini changelog)
- [Fixed] “AI cited a law that doesn’t exist.” Mitigation: human-in-the-loop or it bites you.
- [Known bug] Consent dark patterns spreading. Workaround: nuke defaults, pick manual.
- [Exploit] Prompt friction = better replies. Short forms beat shiny funnels.
- [Deprecations] Another platform quietly killed third-party access. Archive like it’s 2009.
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Reality ships updates nobody asked for. We debug the human side—attention, behavior, and the machines poking both. If you’re allergic to hype but still curious enough to break things (carefully), this is for you.
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