Essays and observations on the digital economy
The platform landscape is consolidating into bundled offerings across virtually every digital services category. Standalone products that were once viable are increasingly being...
Continue reading →We evaluated AI writing tools across five task categories — technical documentation, marketing copy, long-form editing, translation, and summarization — using standardized promp...
Continue reading →The web that emerged from the 2000s was genuinely open. Independent blogs, forums, and personal sites carried substantial traffic. RSS readers aggregated content without platfor...
Continue reading →Tech coverage tends to focus on Silicon Valley and a handful of other major hubs. Spending time in smaller tech ecosystems — Lisbon, Taipei, Medellín, Bangalore, Tbilisi — revea...
Continue reading →Over the past year working from cafés in a dozen cities across three continents, I have developed an informal anthropology of café working culture. The unwritten rules vary enor...
Continue reading →Artificial intelligence has moved from a behind-the-scenes optimization tool to a central force reshaping how entertainment content is created, distributed, and consumed. From r...
Continue reading →We tested six leading budgeting apps over three months of real usage, tracking actual income, expenses, savings goals, and investment accounts. The goal was to assess not just f...
Continue reading →The center of gravity in global esports has shifted decisively toward emerging markets. By 2025, over 58% of the world's 640 million esports viewers were located in Asia, Latin ...
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