Stories by herbertl

Five Banana Lessons

Menace on the Streets

Stop Supplying. Start Owning

Make Common Sense Common Again

Proudly Pathetic

Apple scales out 6G ambitions with engineer job listings

The USB Situation

When the Internet Was a Place (2025)

Maladaptive Frugality

Memory Is the Machine

Our Uncertain Uncertainties

The Work Worth Doing

How to Say No (2023)

One Developer, Two Dozen Agents, Zero Alignment

In the AI Era, Shopify Is Investing in Junior Engineers–Not Cutting Them

Half a Month of Consolation Writing Advice

The Manosphere in the Middle

Creative Enfeeblement

The Surprising Self-Doubts of One of the Most Famous Artists in History

Accounting for the Lag

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