Feb 2
Curious & Confused: TIL in January 2026
January 2026 brain dump covering AI agents, infosecurity threats, OpenAI's ad plans, and a few delightfully weird corners of the internet.
Notes, Rabbit holes, & Unfinished Thoughts
—welcome to The Aspiring Nerd, where irregular posting is the only constant.
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Moltbook is fascinating, and kind of terrifying
Watching AI agents interact on Moltbook is fascinating, weird, and a bit concerning.
Jan 21
Curated Find
Hilary Gridley's AI Steering Wheel
The AI Steering Wheel transforms vague instructions like "simpler" or "ambitious" into specific, actionable commands that LLMs actually understand.
Jan 8
The Camera You Have on Hand: Using Codex Web to Act on Ideas Instantly
Learn how Codex Web lets you build and deploy projects instantly from your phone—no desk setup required.
Jan 3
Curated Find
Quoting Ethan Mollick: Managing Agents is Really a Management Problem
Managing AI agents requires the same skills as managing people or products, that's why product managers excel at getting results from LLMs.
Dec 30
Curated Find
Quoting Jason Gorman: The Future of Software Development is Software Developers
Have you ever asked an LLM to do the same task in different languages and gotten wildly different results?
Dec 29
My Writing Workflow: From Reading to Publishing
Learn how a curator-first workflow helped increase blog output using Feedly, Raindrop, and a custom Astro CMS to capture, shape, and publish.
Dec 26
From 9 Posts to 47: Building, Breaking, and Learning With AI in 2025
My 2025 review: from building real projects with LLMs to exploring security risks, prototyping, and the philosophical impact of AI on work and creativity.
Dec 25
Curious & Confused: TIL in December 2025
December's tech discoveries: dependency cooldowns, AI criticism frameworks, MCP apps, normalization of deviance in AI, orbital data centers, and more
Dec 11
Curated Find
Quoting Bryan Newbold: Why Leaving X Makes Sense
Bryan Newbold's quote captures why leaving X matters—network effects work both ways, and institutions moving to Bluesky could trigger the tipping point.