24 May 2026
something I think is an interesting heuristic to have is. the the idea that that the future life expectancy of non perishable things is proportional to their current age. aka probabilistically if you’re observing something you’re probably observing it somewhere in the middle of of its life expectancy.
theres a few ways to apply this but to me at least it applies to books and software. so that a book thats stood the test of time must be worth reading. and the counter point being that new things are very often not worth consuming.
03 May 2026
randsinrepose.com/archives/bored-people-quit
This article nicely talks about an effect ive also noticed in workplaces is that the lack of constant work is often one of the main causes for people to quit.
Theres an even interesting possible subconscious artefact of this is that maybe people do recognise this and maybe this is why they can needlessly add complexity to projects that don’t need it, just to fill their time and minds.
You also see this being used as a toxic workplace thing in some workplaces, where people who are disliked are told to simply not do any work at all and sit in a room.
08 Feb 2026
brooker.co.za/blog/2026/02/07/you-are-here
- The cost of turning business logic into code has dropped to zero
- The cost of integrating services and plumbing has dropped to zero
- The cost of building efficient reliable secure end to end systems has dropped to zero
So whats next?
Where does that leave those who have careers built on technology?
Either:
- the end of programming, it is no longer a craft
- the birth of opportunity: new fields, new opportunities, new industries
The main point is that yes writing code has dropped to zero. But theres a long list of things that go into building software systems that aren’t code. Weird feedback loops, human stubbornness, adversaries and good ideas. The bottleneck will simply move from code to something else.
08 Feb 2026
With the advent the cost of code gen dropping to zero with llms, felt an interesting idea is the idea of a webserver which will auto gen a website on url hit. A kind of bootstrap method to create the illusion of a infinitely spanning library.
Theres a few benefits of this.
- SEO: you can drastically expand the amount of URLs you cover
- Reach: you can serve a huge long tail of customers you wouldn’t have realised exist.
Now the thing to consider is what kinds of websites might be interesting.
- Auto generating blog posts
- Auto generating stories
- Auto generating data?
- Auto generating reviews?
12 Oct 2025
tribecap.co/kapital-thriving-in-a-desert
An analysis on Kapital, the company.
They first started with a dashboarding software as a wedge, then moved into a large platform, offering loans, credit cards, expense management and other financial services.
Main product offerings being, loans, credit and debit cards and invoice management.
Problem: Tackling this issue because SME businesses are underserved by loans.
Insight: They can use the metrics from the dashboarding software to help underwrite its customers successfully. Enabling them to get a low default rate.
Mentions about the idea of cohort expansion. The idea that old cohorts don’t deteriorate but actually increase spend over time.
Previously fintech companies focused on scale metrics, GTV (gross transaction volume) or TPV (total payment volume). Article highlights to focus more on operating efficiently.
Apparently dashboard product has a 100% retention to date. Kinda absurd.