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Ming the apprentice chef faces a wall of 4,192 judgment dials in a Japanese omakase kitchen
ChatGPTAI explained

No Magic: How ChatGPT Actually Works, Explained in One Kitchen

You've heard ChatGPT is magic. It's not. It's a kitchen apprentice named Ming, a wall of 4,192 judgment dials, and one loop — repeated a thousand times. No formulas, no code. Just a kitchen.

March 1, 2026
Blueprint architecture diagram of Anthropic's financial AI stack — Claude and Skills at top, four specialist modules in the middle, 11 institutional data connectors at the bottom
aiFebruary 26, 2026

Anthropic Just Handed Finance Teams a Complete AI Stack. I Ran It on Real Work — Here's What I Found.

Anthropic released financial-services-plugins this week — five Claude plugins wired to 11 institutional data sources. I'm a Head of Technology Products at a financial firm. I ran it on a real DCF and client report. Here's what I actually found.

Process over Goals — the operating system behind Chamath's 30 years of business advice
chamathFebruary 23, 2026

I Chased Goals for 15 Years. Chamath Showed Me What I Got Wrong.

Chamath Palihapitiya's 6 rules aren't independent tips — they form one operating system that protects continuous learning. I map each rule against my 15-year career and current AI transition to show why process-orientation matters more than ever.

Two work modes — Scatter and Laser — and the human choosing between them
ai-productivityFebruary 22, 2026

AI Made Me 10x More Productive. Then I Almost Burned Out.

AI doesn't just change what we can do — it changes how we should think about work itself. A framework for knowing when to scatter (parallel, exploratory, AI-amplified) and when to laser (deep, focused, human-led).