LLMs Turn Human Thought Into Machine-Readable Data
If the *only* impact of LLMs professionally was causing people to "think out loud" in a way which was routinely captured by computer systems and then could be operated on by computer systems, that would *by itself* be one of the most consequential changes in practice in 100 years
Claude Code Creates Custom Animations in Minutes
I am really loving Claude Code for bespoke animations/simulations, where you probably wouldn't want to spend a week of a team's time to compress into 30 seconds but where CC can do that in about 10-30 minutes of one person's...
Long‑Distance Goal Fuels Extra Miles Every
~1,000 km later. Unsolicited plug: continues to be the best hack I’ve ever found for motivating me “Eh, come on, why not one more mile.” on my morning constitutional. https://t.co/gp4C5neciL
Not a Politics Breaker, Just a Bank‑Tax Enthusiast
I feel really bad for all the new followers from the last two weeks who think that I routinely break politics-adjacent news. But if you also are fascinated with the interaction between banks and property tax collection vis escrow services...
His Holiness Deemed PEP, Triggers Enhanced Bank Due Diligence
In the defense of the unnamed bank, His Holiness is, under U.S. law, ~certainly a politically exposed person (PEP) as a head of state, and therefore a wide range of routine things need enhanced due diligence. Also, possible the banker's UI...
Avoid Fake Entities—Bank Fraud Laws Are Broad
A word to the wise. Don't invent a fictitious entity and attempt to open a bank account for it. The laws for bank fraud are drafted *broadly.*
AI's Clear Moral Refusal Impresses User Despite Disagreement
Today is April 30th, 2026, and today was the first day I can recall being impressed with moral reasoning articulated by a software product in refusal to do a thing I asked it to do. It misparsed my intent,...
Ask LLMs to Verify Uncited Journalistic Beliefs
Journalists: if you ever have a thing you understand to be true, but cannot cite it or get it past editors due to commitments made to sources, describe your belief about the world to an LLM and ask the LLM...
LLM Outperforms Expectations Finding AML/KYC Guidelines
An anecdote for you from LLM land: I sent Opus 4.7 out to do a literature survey of various government law enforcement internal guidelines w/r/t AML and KYC usage in prosecutions. It was much more successful at finding these docs...
Rejection Isn't Personal: Selection Focuses Elsewhere
Would extend this to “You are aggressively socialized to read a rejection as being about you and attributes within your control. When you actually operate a selection process, 90% of thoughts will not be about the candidate. Few people reconcile...
AML/KYC Tripwires Generate Crimes to Aid Prosecutors
A thing I once said about AML/KYC functioning as tripwires with the explicit intention that the process crimes they create would make life easier for prosecutors. https://t.co/smfT68BVSb
Startup Accidentally Exposes Personal Info via Public Roadmap
A startup just CCed me its roadmap because a) its roadmap is on Github and b) minor notes on that roadmap named my Twitter account which c) lexically equivalent to my Github account. Had never thought of that route for information...
Let an LLM Review Your Taxes Before Signing
Happy almost tax day. FYI: The most dollar-denominated impactful thing I've ever done for geeks, by sum of claims in my inbox, is the piece on salary negotiation. The second most impactful, rising fast, is "Have an LLM review your taxes before...
AI's Real Role in SaaS: Less Hype, More Value
Next up at MicroConf: @robwalling on How to use AI in SaaS. This has been something of an undercurrent in a lot of conversations here. Lots of unease and anxiety about it, and IMHO a bit overblown w/r/t impact on SaaS...
83K MRR Equals $1M ARR, Attendees Surprised
A very MicroConf moment: Attendee: What does this number mean? Four people: $83k monthly recurring revenue is a million a year. https://t.co/T3JH26DOvg