What I learned this week 10-18-2025
What I learned this week⌗
Software⌗
Foundational mental model to get the hang of ever “new” LLM conceptual churn:
- An LLM
- …called in a loop
- …maintaining a history of stuff it’s done in the session (the “context”)
- …with access to tool calls to do things. Like, read files, write files, call bash, etc.
Business/Finance⌗
A breakdown of “if I call myself ‘x’ or manager of ‘x’ I make more Money”
How does a single person have the authority to carry this out
Interesting Links⌗
I hate Turbo tax so much, please use this
AI is commoditizing code. Technical execution is table stakes rather than a competitive advantage. AI can generate code, but it can’t refactor the organizational reality customers have built around your architecture—the workflows, integrations, and institutional muscle memory that compound over time. * Is code really comoditized? Or is just boiler plate comoditized? But… wasn’t it already comoditized?
Math/Stats⌗
Travel⌗
Other⌗
Could be fun to create a visual graph of all money-stuff posts