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A Citrini Research report modeling an 'AI crisis' scenario in which agentic AI displaces high-earning white-collar workers, breaking the feedback loop between productivity gains and consumer spending. It projects 10.2% U.S. unemployment and a 38% cumulative S&P 500 drawdown by mid-2028.

Mozilla Foundation's annual State of Mozilla report, covering the foundation's work on open AI, internet advocacy, and its social-purpose companies.

A Sequoia Capital article on metrics for diagnosing consumer product health, covering growth, retention, stickiness, and engagement. It frames product health around whether a product meets a real need, is trusted, and keeps users coming back.

A 2008 Steve Yegge blog post reflecting on how unrecognizable his current code would look to himself twenty years earlier, using a recent Emacs Lisp function as the point of comparison.

A collection of resources on web systems design and architecture from Fictive Kin.

Frank Chimero's classic essay on the nature of digital screens and design — a foundational read for anyone working on the web.

Marc Andreessen's 2023 essay arguing that technological progress, pursued without constraint, has solved humanity's major problems and should be accelerated. It is structured as roughly 108 statements across 15 sections.

IntelTechniques is Michael Bazzell's site for OSINT and privacy resources, including training, books, and a weekly podcast. Bazzell is a former FBI Cyber Crimes Task Force investigator.

A capstone project from UCLA's Design Media Arts program exploring the idea that certain websites feel like a room, offering a sense of shelter or rest. The site invites visitors to submit and browse other websites that evoke this feeling.

The Twelve-Factor App, a methodology from Heroku's engineers for building portable, scalable SaaS applications — covering config, dependencies, backing services, processes, and deployment.

Google's tool for measuring page performance on both mobile and desktop devices, with actionable recommendations.

Slides from Steve Francia's 'Product Management for Everyone' workshop, given at Berlin's Landing Festival in 2019, covering what a product manager does and how to build product management skills.

Pixelfed is an open-source, decentralized photo-sharing platform built on ActivityPub, positioned as an ad-free alternative to Instagram. Being part of the Fediverse, its accounts can be followed from other ActivityPub services such as Mastodon.

Frank Chimero's follow-up essay exploring the texture and materiality of the web — how to work with its nature rather than against it.