What CCTV Footage Reveals About Food Safety in Restaurants
David Nguyen
When a 12-year-old girl died after consuming a contaminated milkshake at a London café in August 2023, one piece of evidence became crucial to understanding what went wrong: CCTV footage.…
David Nguyen
How AI Agents Are Changing the Way We Think About Marketing Workflows
A few months ago, I was analyzing conversion funnels for a client when something clicked. The marketing team was spending 40% of their time on repetitive tasks—writing variations of email…
Why AI Shopping Agents Work Better With Boundaries (And What This Tells Us About Automation)
Last week, I was tinkering with a Raspberry Pi project—setting up some home automation sensors—when I stumbled across an interesting pattern in how people are actually using AI shopping agents.…
Could AI Actually Give Us Our Lives Back? What the Data Suggests
Jeff Bezos recently threw an interesting idea into the mix: what if AI doesn’t destroy our work lives, but actually improves them? Specifically, he suggested we might see three-day workweeks…
What the Sandin-Pellikka Situation Tells Us About Resource Constraints in Professional Sports
When you have too many talented people competing for limited opportunities, something has to give. That’s the story playing out with the Detroit Red Wings right now, and it’s a…
Building a DIY Timelapse Camera with Raspberry Pi: Why This Tiny Computer Is Perfect for Garden Photography
I got interested in the Raspberry Pi about five years ago when I realized I had a drawer full of expensive camera gear that I rarely used. Then I saw…
What a $35 Raspberry Pi Taught Me About ISP Surveillance
I got curious one afternoon about what my internet service provider actually knows about my browsing habits. Not in an abstract, philosophical way—I wanted real data. So I did what…
Reading the Signals: What the Data Actually Says About US-Iran Diplomacy
When you spend your days looking for patterns in messy data, you develop a certain skepticism about ambiguous signals. The recent confusion surrounding US-Iran peace talks is a perfect case…
Firefox’s AI Crossword is Smarter Than It Sounds
Firefox just launched something that caught my attention: an AI-powered daily crossword puzzle that pulls clues from actual news stories. On the surface, it sounds like a cute gimmick. But…
How Nvidia Is Using Its Own Chips to Build Better Chips
When I first heard that Nvidia was using its own processors to design its next generation of chips, my immediate reaction was: that’s elegant. It’s the kind of recursive problem-solving…