022 Newsletter, Jun 13th 2026

This week we have started to settle down into the routine at our Airbnb in Florida.

I started to drive around town a bit as well, to become familiar with the neighborhood, and also the driving patterns in Florida.

I did struggle to fill gas myself the first time. I had a receipt with 0$ though I thought I pumped gas. It was only on my second attempt that I successfully filled the gas tank. I was spoiled by 4 decades in New Jersey, I think the only remaining state in the US where attendants fill gas.

Last Sunday we went for a scenic Boat Tour in Winter Park.

This was followed by a visit to the Morse museum of American art, featuring a lot of Tiffany glass display items.

Work was pretty busy as I am gradually transferring some of the reporting projects I'm responsible for back to business partners in the background screening and real estate teams...

Vibe Coding:

Erik Schluntz, a researcher at Anthropic, discusses the concept of "vibe coding"—a method of software development where engineers leverage AI to generate significant portions of code while focusing on high-level architecture and verification. This involves offloading larger tasks to AI and trusting the model's output, essentially "forgetting the code exists" while focusing on the product.

As AI capabilities grow exponentially, engineers must adapt to managing AI agents rather than writing every line of code manually to remain productive and avoid becoming a bottleneck.

Responsible Production Use: To "vibe code" in production safely, Schluntz recommends:

• Act as a PM: Treat the AI like a new employee by providing comprehensive context and guidance
• Focus on Leaf Nodes: Apply this approach to self-contained, non-critical parts of the codebase rather than core architecture.
• Prioritize Verifiability: Design systems with clear inputs and outputs and use stress tests to validate stability rather than manual line-by-line review
• The Human Element: He emphasizes that this is not for everyone; users must have enough technical domain knowledge to ask the right questions and spot potential security or architectural risks

Don't offload all your thinking to AI:

In a separate blog post I wrote this week, I caution against the dangers of letting the AI do too much.

The Centaur Problem: What Happens When You Let AI Do Your Thinking

It started with someone else’s prompts. I’d found certain MidJourney users whose images stopped me mid-scroll — that particular quality of light, the way each composition felt inevitable. So I did what felt harmless: I copied their prompt and swapped a few keywords. The images I generated were

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In this above blog post, I explored a new style of writing where I try to weave 2 stories in parallel into a single post. Please comment and let me know if you find this interesting.

Different interests help creativity:

David Epstein is a new YouTube Channel I started to follow this week.

Today's art challenge was Something beautiful growing in concrete.

Though I had 3 art entries, my music entry is below...

And if you enjoy my AI art, then my entries from the past week of daily art challenges are in a separate blog post.

Art from week 2, June 2026

June 7th. Design a flag for your mood today Being the weekend, my first instinct was to “Relax..”. Hence a flag with an Adirondack chair, at the beach. But then another user, ThoughtFission, posted a surreal image that inspired me. So I responded with this. and this. June 8th. Pirate

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Sound Gear Nostalgia:

As some of you may know, in my youth I was an audiophile. It is sad to see what the passage of time has done to some of the best brands from the '70's and 80's.

Sansui, Sherwood, Advent, Nakamichi, Altec Lansing, Aiwa, Kenwood and Boston Acoustics.

Market shifts, global manufacturing, and the commoditization of electronics have forced them to survive through brand licensing, sacrificing their original identity for mass-market appeal.

Until Next week...