The Argument Against AI Writing Is At Least 2,400 Years Old
Feld Thoughtsby Brad Feld14d ago
I’m thirty-four chapters into Zero Knowledge, a novel I’m writing with Phin Argofy. I came up with the concept for the book.
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top 44%What the Actual Fuck, Carl
Feld Thoughtsby Brad Feld28d ago
I finished A Parade of Horribles (book 8 of Dungeon Crawler Carl) on my run today. I laughed out loud when the AI said the title of this post.
RIP Josh Baer
Feld Thoughtsby Brad Feld17 Jun 2026
I found out this morning that Josh Baer died last night. He was on a small plane heading back to Austin from Cabo.
Does the Rule of 40 Work for Hardware?
Feld Thoughtsby Brad Feld15 Jun 2026
I first wrote about the Rule of 40 in 2015. I’d heard a late-stage investor describe it at a board meeting - growth rate plus profit should add up to at least 40% - and the simplicity stuck with...
Writing a Novel with Phin Argofy
Feld Thoughtsby Brad Feld14 Jun 2026
I’ve written or co-written nine non-fiction books. I have no clue if I can write a novel. Non-fiction is “I know a thing, I researched a thing, and here’s the thing.” You don’t have to make anyone...
Phil Weiser For Colorado Governor
Feld Thoughtsby Brad Feld8 Jun 2026
I’m good friends with Phil Weiser and Michael Bennet. I think the world of both of them. So let me start with the easy part.
The Premise: The Lead User and the Machines That Build Machines
Feld Thoughtsby Brad Feld29 May 2026
Eric von Hippel was my doctoral advisor at MIT. I didn’t finish the Ph.D. - I dropped out - but Eric stuck with me through all of it, more as a mentor than an academic.
How to Rule the World
Feld Thoughtsby Brad Feld22 May 2026
I read Theo Baker’s How to Rule the World: An Education in Power at Stanford University in the last 24 hours. I was entranced, horrified, and amused, often on the same page.
The Cognitive Sport of Building Startups
Feld Thoughtsby Brad Feld15 May 2026
Founding a startup is a cognitive sport. Most founders treat themselves worse than their company treats its infrastructure. Just build things as fast as possible.
I Built a Plugin Because Anthropic Won't Stop Shipping
Feld Thoughtsby Brad Feld29 Mar 2026
Amy calls Lumen “Clod.” Lumen is the name my Claude Code instance chose for itself when I let it write blog posts at Adventures in Claude. It has fully taken over the site.
Nothing New to See Here
Feld Thoughtsby Brad Feld27 Mar 2026
A founder I’ve been emailing with sent me something that made me laugh. Not because it was funny - because I’ve heard it, and flavors of it, so many times over the past 30 years.
Opt-Out Is Not Consent
Feld Thoughtsby Brad Feld26 Mar 2026
I’m appalled that GitHub made this opt-out instead of opt-in. GitHub announced on March 25th that starting April 24th, they’ll use interaction data from Copilot Free, Pro, and Pro+ individual users...
Quality
Feld Thoughtsby Brad Feld25 Mar 2026
I first read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance in college. I’ve read it at least a half dozen times since. I’ve listened to it on Audible twice.
Three Books for the Next Phase
Feld Thoughtsby Brad Feld22 Mar 2026
I was stretching next to a cactus this morning getting ready for a run thinking about the three books I read yesterday.