Stories by herbertl

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

Books are not too expensive

One Person's Trash on the Joys of Collecting Junk

Inside Notion

The scientific case for being nice to your chatbot

Eat Your Words

Input Brain vs. Output Brain

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