ASML Looters
very expensive computers
Another tick on the clock.
⟨σ,o⟩.
Dependent pairs are owls.
Changestalgia.
The bigger changes we had or made in life, the more chances we have to be nostalgic later.
Free wrong answers.
Good software has always been about deciding what not to build. Cost was one of the mechanisms that enforced those decisions — not always the right one, but on balance it created discipline.
Now that it’s gone, the discipline has to come from taste, from product thinking, from someone asking the uncomfortable question: do we actually need this? The problem is that “we can build it basically for free” is a very persuasive answer. Even when it’s the wrong one.
Jan-Gregor Triebel: Cheap Code Considered Harmful (2026-03-03)
Multiple Dings, Zero Peace.
So that’s my takeaway. If you don’t know what done is, you’re not really delegating work, you’re just feeding the clicker. Just because I can build something now that I couldn’t before doesn’t mean I should.
Adam Gordon Bell: The Universal Paperclip Clicker (CoRecursive Podcast 2026-02-04)