“…Success was never final and failure never fatal” – Budweiser
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“There are decades when nothing happens, and there are weeks when decades happen.”
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My LLM Usage in July 2026:
TLDR: My default position is still, if an LLM is good at it, we probably don t need it. Which means I m always amused when I hear people talk about how they use LLMs in their work as it inherently betrays the parts of their job they consider tedious. Though, this could also be said for Continue reading "My LLM Usage in July 2026:" The post My LLM Usage in July 2026: appeared first on Garrick van…
Misdiagnosis is our biggest problem.
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Two Businesses in a Trench Coat
A head of biz dev at B2B finance marketplace startup called me today, and started off with: I ve read your profile. We don t have a pricing problem. Our pricing is good. We have a customer problem. First off, helluva way to jump in. Props. Second, there s a list of startup business models I m inherently skeptical Continue reading "Two Businesses in a Trench Coat" The post Two Businesses in a…
Generation Loss
Sometime around October 1991, I missed my all time favorite band, Too Much Joy, playing at First Ave. I was as a teenager living on a dirt road in rural Wisconsin with no ability to get to Minneapolis on a school night. Thankfully the Minneapolis alt rock FM station, KJ104, broadcast it live. With relief Continue reading "Generation Loss" The post Generation Loss appeared first on Garrick van…
You’re Not Going to Need It – 2026 Edition
If your $200k/year employees spend their time vibe-coding a replacement for a $15/mo Calendly subscription, your business is not going to make it. Davide Grieco, Head of Growth, Clay This morning I talked with a super excited founder, they were walking me through a very comprehensive and sophisticated home-grown application to manage his solo Continue reading "You re Not Going to Need It 2026…
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Every great novel is strange. Scott Sumner The post appeared first on Garrick van Buren .
“most useful technologies tend to be invented quite quickly once they are possible”
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INSIDE VOICE #11: Our Remains
A thin lit edge of a pale blue dot against vast nothingness. The same picture Apollo 8 took in 1968. Updated for 2026. To remind us, all of us: Everything and everyone we have ever touched is somewhere on this planet. Still. In 1983, Atari buried 14 tons of unsold E.T. cartridges in a New Continue reading "INSIDE VOICE #11: Our Remains" The post INSIDE VOICE #11: Our Remains appeared first on…