Claire Vo presents a step-by-step guide to installing, configuring, and using OpenClaw, an open-source personal AI agent that runs locally and takes instructions through everyday chat apps. The post covers hardware and…
A guest post by DJ DiDonna of the Sabbatical Project that debunks three common manager objections to sabbatical programs: that everyone will leave, that the company will collapse without the leader, and that people…
“May I present to you: The Standard-Setter. The Standard-Setter’s superpower is failing upward while confusing pressure with motivation. They believe everyone has another gear, and that their job is to force people into it.”
Teresa Torres announces that Product Talk has added Ellen Juhlin, a product coach and Senior Director of Product Management at Orion Labs, to its instructor pool. The post frames the expansion as part of Product Talk's…
Lenny Rachitsky reports first results from a compensation survey of about 5,000 newsletter readers, finding that 75% prioritize salary over equity during negotiations. The post argues this reflects a desire for…
Julie Zhuo's paid essay looks at playful, seemingly pointless things people build with AI when no one is tracking the hours or demanding a business case, such as an unusual bird display, a talking phone, and a game…
A short, personal unsent letter addressed to someone who once overlooked the author. The piece reflects on the urge to appear larger and more capable when first meeting an influential figure, and the quiet hurt of…
Teresa Torres follows up her home-use AI article with a practical guide to using large language models at work, organized into increasingly complex categories: translation, doing the work, research, writing, and coding…
Teresa Torres and Petra Wille discuss AI 'clones' built from podcast transcripts and public content that produce advice attributed to real people, often mediocre or things the person would never say. They explore where…
Teresa Torres argues that Claude Code can become a powerful personal operating system for non-technical people, but only if users understand the risks of giving a language model access to their computer. She walks…
Teresa Torres describes a personal 'team of agents' built on Claude that works for her while she is away from the computer: a podcast manager, a sales admin, and a coding manager. Each agent prepares tasks, reports, or…
Marty Cagan's first published article, from a 1986 HP Journal issue, is a technical overview of Hewlett-Packard's internal AI Workstation research program and its first product, a Common Lisp development environment. It…
Shreyas Doshi argues that peer-reviewed studies on human psychology and behavior are often over-trusted by smart people. Such research typically reports averages and correlations across populations, which says little…
Jason Fried describes almost washing his hands with a tiny fly sitting by the drain. Turning on the tap would have sent it down, but a moment of hesitation let the fly escape on its own. The essay uses this small moment…