Independent notes on useful technology

Technology, with
human judgment.

I’m Stefano — consultant, technical team leader, and product manager.

I write about useful software, the systems behind it, and the people it changes.

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Skills and creativity are human traits that should not become rare

AI can increase output without increasing curiosity or judgment. Why human skills, experience and intentional product design matter more than ever.

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The context is everything for AI and Humans

AI becomes useful when we stop treating it like magic and start giving it context. A practical reflection on agents, knowledge work, skill, and why better human organization makes better AI outcomes.

The AI bubble

AI has given us new empowering tools, caused a massive surge in tech stock valuations and sparked conversation that will eventually settle, finally describing the real value for…

A trading competition between AI models

Six LLMs compete trading crypto perpetual futures to show which model is best at trading. I have been watching for two weeks.

Algorithms are bad for society, but we are better than them

I read less and less. Despite the Internet giving me access to reputable sources on virtually any topic, my online information intake is mostly low-value knowledge. I have a feeling that algorithms became so wicked…