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stratechery.com
The Inference Shift

What does matter is how long humans are waiting for an answer, and as products like AI wearables become more of a thing, the speed of interaction, particularly for voice — which will be a function of token generation speed — will have a tangible effect on the user experience.

— Ben Thompson
1d ago
upstartsmedia.com
Would You Try This AI-Powered Email App?

So much money and attention is focused on re-thinking our work tools and processes today, Gavini notes, with many of tech's smartest people bringing AI to verticals like legal or healthcare. "My workflow changes every three months now," he says. "So why are the apps that I use on my phone every day still the same?"

3w ago
platformer.news
Can you have child safety and Section 230, too?

To say that an infinitely scrolling feed encourages overuse is to make no comment on its contents; only that the intermittent rewards that such a feed creates turns it into a kind of slot machine, and that teens would be less likely to develop problematic use if it didn't exist.

1mo ago
lennysnewsletter.com
🎙️ This week on How I AI: How Stripe built “minions”—AI coding agents that ship 1,300 PRs per week + How to turn Claude Code into your personal life operating system

Activation energy is the real bottleneck, not coding speed. Steve hasn't started work in a text editor in months. Instead, work begins in Slack threads, Google Docs, or support tickets—the natural places where ideas emerge. By allowing engineers to kick off development with a single emoji reaction, Stripe lowered the friction between "good idea" and "code in production."

1mo ago
wired.com
Your Vape Wants to Know How Old You Are

Companies hope that biometric age-verification tech in cartridges could put flavored vapes back in business. But it's unlikely to solve the real problems.

1mo ago
lennysnewsletter.com
State of the product job market in early 2026

If I had to venture a theory, I'd say that because AI is allowing engineers to move so quickly, there's less opportunity—and less desire—to involve the traditional design process.

1mo ago

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