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On the troubling emptiness of extraordinary productivity
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Hold the security: a vibe-coding story
Vibe-coded doesn't mean vibe-secure, so we should try and stop the internet being full of even more broken things
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Realism, antirealism and the middle way
I'm calling it Demirealism, but that's mostly an in-joke
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The Answer and The Plan
Problems, answers, planning, and the illusion of control
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All policy constrains good action, as well as bad
On bad days, perhaps it constrains good action rather more often
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Governance happens in foggy weather
We need to reclaim human judgement, subjectivity and the primacy of direct experience as vital skills for leadership
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Look! A Substack!
It's where the cool kids are. Y'know, the ones who'll want to talk about the philosopical underpinnings of agile and how to use them to make things…
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GovTech Summit 2025
It's all gotten a bit big and complicated, hasn't it
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AI, the journey, and the destination
The output isn't a̵l̵w̵a̵y̵s̵ usually the point
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Sustainable pace as a design constraint
Doing more by slowing down
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Harry Metcalfe
I'm a (recovering?) entrepreneur thinking and writing about what I've done so far, and what to do next.
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Harry Metcalfe

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