Stories by herbertl

Chiplets: A Technology, Not a Market (2025)

The jellyfish knows how to survive uncertain times

The Longing (1999)

Cold Comforts

Software development now costs less than than the wage of a minimum wage worker

Apple Does Value (Week)

You Can Meditate in a Coffin in Japan. They'll Even Give You a Cute One

Vercel's AI Sales Agent: 10 SDRs Down to 1 in Six Weeks

Takamoto and Disney and the War

Three Modes of Cognition

Metrics Make Us Miserable

Block and Tackle: Job Cuts and the AI Narrative

Social media just doesn't hit like a website does

Writing Crystalized Thinking at Amazon. Is AI Muddying It?

No Bookmarks

The Best Is Still Hard to Be

Is Love Addictive? Many Say Yes, and It's Changing Our Idea of Romance

The Kind of Joke No One Makes Anymore

Surprise on Ice

Smartphones, Online Music Streaming, and Traffic Fatalities [pdf]

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