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The rise of AI and the demise of intelligence

As AI gets better at thinking for us, we're getting worse at thinking for ourselves. What we're trading away and whether we even notice.

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Inside The Finance Reset Program: 21 tools, shared data, and nothing sent to a server

A walkthrough of all the new features on thefinanceprogram.com, 21 interactive calculators, cross-tool data sharing, and a privacy model where your data never leaves your browser.

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What Neo4j taught me that SQL never could

When your data is fundamentally about relationships, a relational database is fighting you the whole way.

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LLM reasoning: what's actually happening and where it falls apart

How large language models simulate reasoning and what it means for building production AI systems that hold up.

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How I built a GDPR compliance plugin and what I learned about legal software

DPOkit started as a frustration. Legal tools are either too expensive, too vague, or built by people who've never held the DPO role.

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Knowledge graphs: the missing layer between your data and your AI

LLMs hallucinate partly because they have no grounded source of truth. Here's what combining Neo4j with LLM inference changes.

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Why 4 weeks is the sweet spot for learning a new skill

The science of habit formation and why most courses are either too short or too long.

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Building in public: why I'm making these learning programs free

A decision that runs against conventional creator wisdom, and why the internet needs more generosity.

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What working in tech looks like from the most isolated city on Earth

Perth is 2,700 km from the nearest major city. Here's what that does to your career and perspective.

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