# Playbook Musings

In Playbook Musings I share my hard-won insights and strategies for life and work. I draw on a lifelong drive to understand what's going on, search for meaning, adventure, and a ridiculously varied career spanning Private Equity and building startups.

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## [Roundup #39: Europe is not really losing free speech, and moving house](https://gijs.substack.com/p/roundup-39-europe-is-not-really-losing)

_2026-08-07 · Gijs Verheijke_

List of things that caught my eyes and that I've been thinking about.

## [Resharing a classic: Reality has a surprising amount of detail](https://gijs.substack.com/p/resharing-a-classic-reality-has-a)

_2026-07-29 · Gijs Verheijke_

Everything has a surprising amount of interesting details that are only revealed when you start looking under the hood.

## [Vacation thoughts](https://gijs.substack.com/p/vacation-thoughts)

_2026-07-22 · Gijs Verheijke_

Just got back from a two week camper trip in Northern Queensland.

## [The race for training data and the next big thing after coding on the AI frontier](https://gijs.substack.com/p/the-race-for-training-data-and-the)

_2026-06-21 · Gijs Verheijke_

A primer on the mechanics of a key ‘battleground’ in AI development: generating more training data for models.

## [Roundup #38: Advice for young people, El Mariachi, Dolphins, and ripping DVDs](https://gijs.substack.com/p/roundup-38-advice-for-young-people)

_2026-06-14 · Gijs Verheijke_

Yes, it's a wide-ranging one with a break from AI

## [Notes on AI in the enterprise](https://gijs.substack.com/p/notes-on-ai-in-the-enterprise-871)

_2026-06-03 · Gijs Verheijke_

A collection of short thoughts on challenges and observations from the frontline of AI transformation.

## [Roundup #37: Some nice quotes, Singlish corporatisms, inventions, fish oil, bioweapons and more](https://gijs.substack.com/p/roundup-37-some-nice-quotes-singlish)

_2026-05-18 · Gijs Verheijke_

A wide ranging good old roundup of interesting things that caught my eye

## [An update on my favorite newsletters](https://gijs.substack.com/p/an-update-on-my-favorite-newsletters)

_2026-05-12 · Gijs Verheijke_

Some I still read, and some new ones too!

## [A serious consideration of what a post AGI economy and labor market might look like](https://gijs.substack.com/p/a-serious-consideration-of-what-a)

_2026-05-08 · Gijs Verheijke_

My usual programming focuses more on what is possible now, and what futures seem most likely, given the current trajectory. But every now and then I try to think about extreme scenarios.

## [Retro Grid Dungeon Crawler (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/EDXWWiHLSEXM)

_2026-05-08 · **Sponsored**_

Retro grid movement with first-person combat, loot and skill-tree progression.

## [Trip report: Visiting Shenzhen for a robotics conference](https://gijs.substack.com/p/trip-report-visiting-shenzhen-for)

_2026-04-30 · Gijs Verheijke_

I went to Shenzhen to see China and to see robots at CITE, one of the biggest consumer electronics conferences in the world. In 1980, Shenzhen had 300,000 inhabitants, today 18 million!