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A list of 25 Things to Say to Your Children, including “You...
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Paul Ford on normalized AI & what happens when bubbles burst. “When...
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‘Rocky II’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan
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Gurman Pooh-Poohs Financial Times Report That Tim Cook Is Retiring in First Half of 2026
John Giannandrea Is Out
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I sent out my November sponsor newsletter
I just send out the November edition of my sponsors-only monthly newsletter. If you are a sponsor (or if you start a sponsorship now) you can access a copy here. In the newsletter this month:
- The best model for code changed hands four times
- Significant open weight model releases
- Nano Banana Pro
- My major coding projects with LLMs this month
- Prompt injection news for November
- Pelican on a bicycle variants
- Two YouTube videos and a podcast
- Miscellaneous extras
- Tools I'm using at the moment
Here's a copy of the October newsletter as a preview of what you'll get. Pay $10/month to stay a month ahead of the free copy!
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