brandur.org

I'm Brandur. This site is where I publish words and photos. The section updated most often is atoms, short multimedia particles reminiscent of a Twitter feed. I update my now page monthly according to what I'm working on and thinking about. I publish a newsletter as often as I can.

ⓝ 051 — Well, That Was Fast May 18, 2026
Stainless has been acquired by Anthropic, making this my second acquisition inside of a year, and this one of the shortest stints I’ve ever had at a company. Also, the Great Saunter. nanoglyph
Turns out, competition works April 23, 2026
Gigabit fiber for less money using this one weird trick: move to Austin. fragment
Caveman April 12, 2026
In 1980, Michael Crichton characters in Congo spoke like cavemen to save satellite bandwidth. It was absurd. Ridiculous! Forty-five years later, we’re doing the same thing with LLMs to save tokens. fragment

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