You Can Feel It Coming

Episode 560 · February 20th, 2026 · 1 hr 11 mins

About this Episode

This week, we discuss personal AI hype cycles, bottoms-up adoption, and "The Modern Stack" simplifying cloud. Plus, thoughts on new cars and the dogs that ride in them.

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