personal blog of travels, tech & opinions
One trip, two countries, four cities: Buenos Aires, Florianópolis, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. South America had been on my list for years, and this fall I finally made it. The plan was simple: start in Buenos Aires, then work our way up the Brazilian coast through Florianópolis, Rio…
[human written] In the current environment of AI , circa late 2026, most frontier LLM models have gotten quite good at producing rather complex and complete working software products including cloning popular enterprise grade applications. What does this mean for the production of software development and how does it change…
[human written] I’m going to start prefixing all my blog posts with this bracketed nomenclature to indicate a living , breathing person actually wrote these words. In today’s world, AI slop is way too prevalent and really makes us all question whether this was really written by someone or the…
One thing about traveling , particularly overseas is the concern should I lose ( have it stolen ) my wallet/Phone, I would not have any easy to recall phone numbers (who types in numbers these days) or credit card info or passport # or anther important information, I likely couldn’t…
I’ve been thinking about music lately—specifically, about the strange new reality where anyone can conjure a song perfectly tailored to their exact mood, their specific moment, their singular taste. With AI music generation tools (suno.com, udio, boomy, Riffusion ) becoming increasingly sophisticated, we’re approaching a world where each of us…
This DOAC (Diary of a CEO Podcast) with Steven Bartlett had an interesting guest.on a recent podcast episode x-Google Insider and AI Expert TRISTAN HARRIS had a broad and pretty honest conversation on how ChatGPT, China, and Elon Musk are racing to build uncontrollable AI, and warns it will blackmail…
The internet is full of hidden treasures that often fly under the radar, yet they pack incredible value for anyone who stumbles across them. Take Project Gutenberg, for example—a vast digital library offering over 70,000 free eBooks, from timeless classics to forgotten gems. Or WolframAlpha, a computational engine that doesn’t…
