What The Fudge for September 27, 2026: Quantum Momentum, Orbital AI, and the Agentic OS
A day-by-day look at the week's critical tech developments, spanning quantum capital, space-based data centers, and enterprise autonomous agents.
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What The Fudge for September 20, 2026: Design Fiction, Autonomy, and Kinetic Infrastructure
Exploring the economics of inference, talent migration, the need for evaluation, physical disruptions to infrastructure, and shifting to localized AI.
My Fediverse Digest for August 2026
A monthly digest of my thoughts, links, and updates from the Fediverse for August 2026.
What The Fudge for August 23, 2026: AI Infrastructure, Economics, and Tokens
Analyzing AI financing, tax policy, model performance, and token routing.
What The Fudge for August 16, 2026: Capabilities, Strategies, and Realities
Navigating the tension between AI capabilities, new risks, open-weight models, and the economics high valuations.
What The Fudge for August 9, 2026: Infrastructure, Agents, and Realignments
Analyzing rapid expansion of global AI compute capacity, regulatory focus on autonomous systems, and strategic leadership moves.
What The Fudge for August 2, 2026: AI Expansion, Safety, and Markets
A look into AI infrastructure growth, model containment, and Q2 financial performance.
My Fediverse Digest for July 2026
A monthly digest of my thoughts, links, and updates from the Fediverse for July 2026.
What The Fudge for July 26, 2026: Infrastructure, Intrigue, Distillation Drama, and HWaaS
Capital expenditures, model containment, distillation discussions, and the shift toward hardware leasing.
What The Fudge for July 19, 2026: Open-Source AI, Regulatory Headwinds, and Enterprise Capital
Analyzing open-source AI landscape shifts, enterprise CapEx pressures, and groundbreaking regulatory moves.
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