Philosophy for Designers 3 Czannes doubts This is Part 3 in an ongoing series on philosophy, design and cognitive science. You can also read Part 2, or check out the reading list behind this series. Several years ago, not long after my wife and I first started dating, we took a trip to visit her family Philadelphia.

Czannes doubts This is Part 3 in an ongoing series on philosophy, design and cognitive science. You can also read Part 2, or check out the reading list behind this series. Several years ago, not long after my wife and I first started dating, we took a trip to visit her family in

Summary of reading July - September 2025

Designing agentic loops

The AI Emperor Has No Clothes The AI Emperor Has No Clothes If the size of the current AI bubble can be estimated by how many AI job offers AI product review offers AI service paid sponsorship offers AI creator representation offers I receive per day… then I’d say we’re

Claude Sonnet 45 is probably the best coding model in the world at least for now

Not all OCuLink eGPU docks are created equal Not all OCuLink eGPU docks are created equal I recently tried using the Minisforum DEG1 GPU Dock with a Raspberry Pi 500+, using an M.2 to OCuLink adapter, and this chenyang SFF-8611 Cable. After figuring out there’s a power button

The QMA Singularity Update (Sep. 29): Since this post has now gone semi-viral on X, Hacker News, etc., with people arguing about how trivial or nontrivial was GPT5’s “discovery,” it seems worthwhile to say something that was implicit in the post. Namely, GPT5-Thinking’s suggestion of a function to use “should have” been obvious

Consistent hashing

HSBC unleashes yet another qombie a zombie claim of quantum advantage that isnt Today, I got email after email asking me to comment on a new paper from HSBC—yes, the bank—together with IBM. The paper claims to use a quantum computer to get a 34% advantage in predictions of financial trading data. (See also blog posts here and here, or numerous popular articles