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How to make sure the Stalinist in the Kremlin faces a grim future

George F. WillFebruary 13, 2026

Crippled by his Ukraine misadventure, Vladimir Putin is surely defining success down.

The Great Undoing

Stories by Tim O'Brien on MediumFebruary 13, 2026

Vibe coding, vibe lawyering, vibe governing — we’ve entered an era that celebrates not knowing how things work.

How to make sure the Stalinist in the Kremlin faces a grim future

George F. WillFebruary 13, 2026

Crippled by his Ukraine misadventure, Vladimir Putin is surely defining success down.

A Lament for the Washington Post

Peggy NoonanFebruary 12, 2026

The diminishment of the Washington Post hits hard because it feels like another demoralizing thing in our national life. Our public life as a nation—how we are together, how we talk to each other, the sound of us—isn’t what it was. It’s gone down and we all feel this, all the grown-ups. The Post was […]

Check Who’s Selling the Umbrellas

Stories by Tim O'Brien on MediumFebruary 11, 2026

AI doomsday headlines always come from CEOs with quarterly revenue targets to hit

JD Vance vies for the gold medal in coarseness and flippancy

George F. WillFebruary 11, 2026

The vice president has a knack for late — very late — adolescent naughtiness.

Stop Calling It Vibe Coding

Stories by Tim O'Brien on MediumFebruary 10, 2026

Surfaces, capabilities, and extensions

Proof of ConceptFebruary 8, 2026

Issue 284: Future casting opinionated platforms

How Product Discovery changes with AI

Proof of ConceptFebruary 1, 2026

Issue 283: Understanding the new uncertainty to de-risk

America Needs Restraint—and Facts

Peggy NoonanJanuary 29, 2026

Our long cold civil war heated up somewhat in Minneapolis this week, and you’d be dreaming if you think we won’t have more such moments and tensions, and not only on immigration. We aren’t at peace with ourselves. Here we take a look at some large things that went wrong and can be made better. […]

From LECHTTURM 1917 to Markdown: a workflow for personal AI context

Proof of ConceptJanuary 25, 2026

Issue 282: How I took 10 years of notebooks and used Claude Code build my knowledge

Trump Can’t Tolerate Peace and Quiet

Peggy NoonanJanuary 22, 2026

Well, that was an epic climbdown. President Trump told Davos this week that he won’t move militarily to take over Greenland. “People thought I would use force. . . . I won’t use force.” It was insane that he might, a relief that he won’t, and people thought he would only because he’d implied as […]

Cooking With Claude

Little Drops of HappinessDecember 4, 2025

Learning to Practice Life in Small, Delicious Pieces

Caramelize Something on a Launch Day

Little Drops of HappinessJune 2, 2025

It helps with the stress

Summer 2024

Little Drops of HappinessSeptember 12, 2024

It really was one for the books