# rutger (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover rutger. Page: Feed: --- ## [Book Review: The End of Burnout - Jonathan Malesic](https://curtismchale.ca/book/the-end-of-burnout-jonathan-malesic) _2026-08-25 · Statamic_ We work too much, and put too much faith in work as a salve for our desire to be wanted. ## [Reading agreement, AI Usage, and a new favourite band](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/08/22/reading-agreement-ai-usage-and-a-new-favourite-band) _2026-08-22 · Statamic_ Reading agreement, AI Usage, and a new favourite band ## [Corporate Giants, low grade stress, and the valedictorian](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/08/15/corporate-giants-low-grade-stress-and-the-valedictorian) _2026-08-15 · Statamic_ If you want something, you better do something to make it happen. ## [Wiping your music library or expanding it?](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/08/10/wiping-your-music-library-or-expanding-it) _2026-08-10 · Statamic_ I go for expanding with new music coming in all the time. ## [Virtue Signaling, the web as PKM, and stopping things](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/08/08/virtue-signaling-the-web-as-pkm-and-stopping-things) _2026-08-08 · Statamic_ Virtue Signaling, the web as PKM, and stopping things ## [It feels great in the moment but...](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/08/05/it-feels-great-in-the-moment-but) _2026-08-05 · Statamic_ ...we pay for it later? ## [RSS still wins for me too](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/08/05/rss-still-wins-for-me-too) _2026-08-05 · Statamic_ RSS is winning ## [LLMs Reward Expertise?](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/08/05/llms-reward-expertise) _2026-08-05 · Statamic_ Yes expertise makes LLM usage more fruitful in my coding, but if you don't have to fight to get that expertise what will happen in the future? ## [Rethinking PKM and Newsletters](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/08/01/rethinking-pkm-and-newsletters) _2026-08-01 · Statamic_ What is all your PKM work for, and how about that newsletter. ## [Apple Rent Seeking](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/07/28/apple-rent-seeking) _2026-07-28 · Statamic_ I find little value in what Apple offers. ## [Daily plans, scheduled by AI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/KVNqIwtEBMqt) _2026-07-28 · **Sponsored**_ AI-made daily plans that schedule tasks and protect focus time. ## [Just be normal, avoid the extremes](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/07/25/just-be-normal-avoid-the-extremes) _2026-07-25 · Statamic_ Extreme's sell, but maybe we should just be normal. ## [Should you read Utopia for Realists by Rutger Bregman?](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/07/19/should-you-read-utopia-for-realists-by-rutger-bregman) _2026-07-19 · Statamic_ A good look at what ails us, without much in the way of actionable advice we can take to organize and make things better. ## [The Bill Comes Later](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/07/18/the-bill-comes-later) _2026-07-18 · Statamic_ We don't always pay our bills up front. ## [Github style dashboard for writers](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/07/14/github-style-dashboard-for-writers) _2026-07-14 · Statamic_ Do you need a dashboard and streaks to motivate your writing? ## [Own your mistakes, focus and sense of wonder](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/07/11/own-your-mistakes-focus-and-sense-of-wonder) _2026-07-11 · Statamic_ Own your mistakes, focus and sense of wonder ## [The subagent that wrote its own jailbreak](https://deknijf.com/posts/subagent-wrote-its-own-jailbreak/) _2026-07-09 · Rutger de Knijf_ A read-only agent produced a fully-formed jailbreak on its first turn. Nothing acted on it. Here is what happened, and what it says about how we scope agents. ## [AI in the software development pipeline](https://deknijf.com/posts/agents-across-the-sdlc/) _2026-06-28 · Rutger de Knijf_ Take the SDLC and put an autonomous agent everywhere you'd otherwise put a human. Where the slots are, how to fill them, and why the harness and the feedback loop matter more than the model. ## [I'm productive and in a pit of distraction](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/06/27/im-productive-and-in-a-pit-of-distraction) _2026-06-27 · Statamic_ Productivity, yup it's happening, but distraction is also creeping it's way in more and more. ## [Consumption or Leisure](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/06/21/consumption-or-leisure) _2026-06-21 · Statamic_ When we make more we buy more and end up with less. ## [The end isn't nigh, we choose easy, and comparison is a con](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/06/20/the-end-isnt-nigh-we-choose-easy-and-comparison-is-a-con) _2026-06-20 · Statamic_ Stop going with our gut reactions and make a choice. ## [Earn crypto for idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/30ora5Z5iiw8) _2026-06-20 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI, host Qwen/Llama/Mistral, and earn BTC, ETH, SOL, or USDC ## [Utopia Isn't a Failure of Imagination](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/06/14/utopia-isnt-a-failure-of-imagination) _2026-06-14 · Statamic_ We know what Utopia could be, but can we get there under our current economic and political climate? ## [TLDR, the cage and standing out from AI](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/06/13/tldr-the-cage-and-standing-out-from-ai) _2026-06-13 · Statamic_ We can monitor ourselves into a cage. ## [The Checkup I Didn't Do](https://deknijf.com/posts/the-checkup-i-didnt-do/) _2026-06-13 · Rutger de Knijf_ Every time a smarter AI model lands, run it over all your projects. I keep telling people that. Then I got three days of Fable, and didn't. ## [I like this tweak to org-mode deadlines](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/06/02/i-like-this-tweak-to-org-mode-deadlines) _2026-06-02 · Statamic_ Make org-mode deadlines just a bit prettier. ## [How bad is Weebly?](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/06/01/how-bad-is-weebly) _2026-06-01 · Statamic_ Weebly is terrible, and it's worse than I thought originally. ## [Book Review: Subtract - Leidy Klotz](https://curtismchale.ca/book/subtract-leidy-klotz) _2026-05-24 · Statamic_ A decent place to start removing things from your life, but nothing ground breaking if you've read other books in the genre. ## [Terraform All The Way](https://deknijf.com/posts/terraform-all-the-way/) _2026-05-23 · Rutger de Knijf_ If you're running Kubernetes, Terraform should be doing the application layer too. ## [Book Review: Let Loose the Fallen - S. Kaeth](https://curtismchale.ca/book/let-loose-the-fallen-s-kaeth) _2026-04-27 · Statamic_ Another excellent fantasy adventure in the Nexus world. ## [Book Review: The Perils of Perception - Bobby Duffy](https://curtismchale.ca/book/the-perils-of-perception-bobby-duffy) _2026-04-19 · Statamic_ Interesting facts, only a little substance if you want to identify your own biases or learn to talk to those you don't agree with. ## [The AI-Assistance Skyline](https://deknijf.com/posts/ai-assistance-skyline/) _2026-04-07 · Rutger de Knijf_ Definitely not just a colorful bar chart. ## [Earn crypto for idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ZRyPlberw1hj) _2026-04-06 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI, host Qwen/Llama/Mistral, and earn BTC, ETH, SOL, or USDC ## [Book Review: Monsters - Claire Dederer](https://curtismchale.ca/book/monsters-claire-dederer) _2026-03-29 · Statamic_ Can we divorce the art from the despicable acts the artist has performed? Should we? ## [The Stages of AI Grief](https://deknijf.com/posts/stages-of-ai-grief/) _2026-03-29 · Rutger de Knijf_ I was watching my craft melt away like a block of ice in the sun. And then I came out the other side. ## [Book Review: Lightfall The Dark Times - Tim Probert](https://curtismchale.ca/book/lightfall-the-dark-times-tim-probert) _2026-03-26 · Statamic_ We're on a quest to get the sun back. ## [Book Review: Gleanings - Neal Shusterman](https://curtismchale.ca/book/gleanings-neal-shusterman) _2026-03-24 · Statamic_ A series of short stories set in the Scythe universe. ## [Book Review: The Next Conversation - Jefferson Fisher](https://curtismchale.ca/book/the-next-conversation-jefferson-fisher) _2026-03-23 · Statamic_ The section on speaking with control in an argument is excellent, but the book is clearly here to sell the author's services. ## [Make Every Problem Claude's Problem](https://deknijf.com/posts/make-every-problem-claudes-problem/) _2026-03-21 · Rutger de Knijf_ When something annoys me twice, I make a folder, start Claude Code, and hand the problem over permanently. ## [My Claude Code Status Line](https://deknijf.com/posts/my-claude-code-status-line/) _2026-03-18 · Rutger de Knijf_ The full ccstatusline setup (config, custom widgets, and Model Intelligence score) that turns invisible AI state into glanceable awareness ## [Book Review: Fugitive Telemetry - Martha Wells](https://curtismchale.ca/book/fugitive-telemetry-martha-wells) _2026-03-15 · Statamic_ Another excellent entry in the Murderbot franchise with more humanity in the robots that we see in many humans. ## [Your AI Fuel Gauge](https://deknijf.com/posts/usage-burn-rate-dashboard/) _2026-03-10 · Rutger de Knijf_ A status bar widget that proves you have enough tokens, so you stop worrying and start building ## [The 40% Rule](https://deknijf.com/posts/context-40-percent-rule/) _2026-03-08 · Rutger de Knijf_ Why keeping your AI coding assistant's context under 40% makes it noticeably smarter ## [My AI Secretary](https://deknijf.com/posts/my-ai-secretary/) _2026-03-03 · Rutger de Knijf_ How I built a personal AI assistant from markdown files, MCP servers, and Claude Code. And what it actually feels like to use one. ## [Babel-17](http://conway.rutgers.edu/~ccshan/wiki/blog/posts/Babel-17/) _2026-01-01 · Proper Treatment 正當作法_ “Show me.” He bowed his head in mocking, semi-formal acquiescence. “Modern warfare can be fought on so many delightfully different levels,” he continued, walking back to her side as if no interruption of the tour had been suggested. “One wins a battle by making sure one’s troops have enough blunderbusses and battle axes like the ones you saw in the first room; or by the well-placed six-inch length… ## [My Pants Build Journey](https://deknijf.com/posts/pants-onboarding/) _2025-10-01 · Rutger de Knijf_ Notes from onboarding a large monorepo to Pants Build and keeping my sanity intact.