Essays & Notes
Essays & Notes
An archive of slow writing about software, product, and life between two languages.
- May 29, 2026 · Essay · 1 min
Favorite Case of Recent Weeks
Getting conversation transcripts and asking Claude Code for feedback.
- May 29, 2026 · Essay · 1 min
#friday #fun
#friday #fun
- May 28, 2026 · Essay · 1 min
📆 Lecture 5 — Monday, June 1, 10am ET / 5pm MSK
With the course organization at Stanford, there's a bit of a mess: no schedule, but two new recordings on YouTube. For now, we're watching Lecture 5.
- May 28, 2026 · Essay · 1 min
⚡️⚡️⚡️ Anthropic Released Claude Opus 4.8.
Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.8. The model is less likely to miss bugs in code. Prices are the same, fast mode is cheaper. New: Dynamic Workflows and Effort Control.
- May 28, 2026 · Essay · 1 min
After AlphaGo, the Level of Human Go Players Noticeably Increased
After AlphaGo, human Go players improved by learning from the model's moves.
- May 28, 2026 · Essay · 1 min
After AlphaGo, the Level of Go Play Increased
After AlphaGo, the level of human play in Go noticeably increased - they learned from the model's moves.
- May 28, 2026 · Essay · 1 min
Following the Discussion of the 4th Lecture
Discussion of the 4th lecture revealed how much more there is to learn in software development.
- May 28, 2026 · Essay · 3 min
Held the Fourth Lecture Club Call on Stanford MS&E 435
Held the fourth Lecture Club call on Stanford MS&E 435: Economics of the AI Supercycle.
- May 27, 2026 · Essay · 1 min
🤔 Looking at the Results of the New Agentic Coding Benchmark DeepSWE
🤔 Looking at the results of the new agentic coding benchmark DeepSWE, it becomes clear that the story around Anthropic Mythos was just marketing.
- May 26, 2026 · Essay · 1 min
I've Been Involved in Technology All My Life
I've been involved in technology all my life. I believe it's one of the ways humanity moves forward.