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The Pheromones of the Machine
Natural Language, Vibe Coding and the Living Intent of Specifications
Mar 22 • Matt Trifiro
The Mother of All Demos
How Douglas Engelbart's vision of augmented intellect escaped the "paper simulator" trap
Mar 22 • Matt Trifiro
What the Machine Reads
Could you run an entire business from a markdown file? We're about to find out.
Mar 13 • Matt Trifiro
The Harness Engineer
How stepping away from the keyboard became the most powerful thing a builder can do.
Mar 10 • Matt Trifiro
Markdown is the DNA of the Modern Organization
Why Your Organization's Memory Should Be Written in Plain Text
Mar 9 • Matt Trifiro
The Robot Whisperer: Why Design Beats Engineering
How understanding human psychology matters beyond perfect code when bringing machines into our world
Mar 5 • Matt Trifiro
The Last Mile of Robotics
How the probabilistic genius of the Large Language Model struggles to negotiate the friction, gravity, and entropy of the real world.
Mar 4 • Matt Trifiro
The Factory is Acquiring a Mind
Why the modern assembly line is evolving from a clockwork mechanism into a nervous system.
Mar 3 • Matt Trifiro
Luddites, Looms and the Future of Robotics
The Luddites weren't anti-technology rebels—they were skilled artisans watching machines steal their ability to command value. Now we're weaving a new…
Mar 3 • Matt Trifiro
The Soul of a Machine
Why Looking Human Doesn't Mean Thinking Human
Mar 2 • Matt Trifiro
The State of Robotics 2026
A Newcomer's View of Investment, Innovation, and Reality
Mar 2 • Matt Trifiro
The Dream and the Dynamo
When the Fiction of Asimov Met the Iron of Engelberger
Mar 1 • Matt Trifiro
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