I really like this framing, using AI well means learning how to harness attention (both yours and the machine) contraptions.venkateshrao.com/p/on-learning-to-ride-your-br…
Oct 25, 2026 at 2:26 AM
How to use AI to do practical stuff: A new guide
People often ask me how to use AI. Here's an overview with lots of links.
AI, Learned Today
AI, Learned Today is a learning-in-public journal about how to use modern AI through my everyday use. It’s a place to share what I tried, what I noticed, and what I’m learning. Honest field notes from someone exploring the field of rapidly evolving AI tools.
A guide to understanding AI as normal technology
And a big change for this newsletter
Using AI to Illuminate My Blind Spots
ChatGPT helps me think about what I need to improve.
Import AI 455: AI systems are about to start building themselves.
The first step towards recursive self improvement
Good design hasn’t changed with AI — John Pham, SF Compute
Our minds aren’t equipped to handle AI
AI is junk food for the mind: easy, tempting and ultimately very bad for you.
AI coding wisdom from the people who would know
Essays and threads from experienced developers who've gone deep on AI-assisted coding.
I love AI, but it still can't design for shit
Without a critical human eye, AI produces slop. The quality bar is yours to maintain.
I don't think AI will make your processes go faster
Explore the delirious rantings of Frederick Vanbrabant. A blog focused on the intersection of Enterprise Architecture, product, and business strategy.
My AI Content Journey
I apologize ahead of time, what follows has no tooling applied to it. No grammar checks, no AI, and...
