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by Benn Stancil · Substack · Free · weekly · last issue Sep 13, 2026 · Active

Issues

20 on file since Apr 24, 2026

20 of 20 issues

IssueWhen
How to lose your mind

Sep 13 · Data engineering

11d ago
How to find insights

Sep 4 · Data engineering

3w ago
How to have ideas

Aug 28 · Data engineering

4w ago
The model is man-made

Aug 21 · AI and agents

5w ago
So that's what alignment means

Aug 14 · AI research

6w ago
8w ago
Brute intelligence

Jul 24 · Data engineering

9w ago
Is "jobs" a four-letter word?

Jul 17 · Policy and society

10w ago
Be a winner, or join one?

Jul 10 · Data engineering

2mo ago
To weigh a watermelon

Jul 3 · Data engineering

3mo ago
The frontier fails the Turing test

Jun 26 · Data engineering

3mo ago
Can AI make an iPhone?

Jun 19 · AI and agents

3mo ago
What will startups do in 2030?

Jun 12 · Tech business and strategy

3mo ago
Your agent will be your undoing

Jun 5 · AI and agents

4mo ago
Be reckless

May 30 · Data engineering

4mo ago
WAC*

May 22 · Data engineering

4mo ago
The bonfire of our vanities

May 15 · Data engineering

4mo ago
The revolution will be ticketed

May 8 · Data engineering

5mo ago
Leaderbored

May 1 · Data engineering

5mo ago
How do you make a chart?

Apr 24 · Data engineering

5mo ago
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Essays on data, analytics and the data industry, on Fridays.

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