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Epistemic Loneliness
I heard the term epistemic loneliness for the first time this week and immediately knew the feeling it described.
Aug 28 • Greg Ceccarelli
The Fire Makes Its Own Weather
A short story about certainty
Aug 21 • Greg Ceccarelli
The Machine Wasn't There Afterward
Being wrong is still one of the best mechanisms by which you become less wrong
Aug 14 • Greg Ceccarelli
The Margin Panic Is a Myth
SaaS never really had the magical gross margins some are mourning
Aug 7 • Greg Ceccarelli

July 2026

Wait, WTF are courses for?
Practicing judgment still matters (a lot)
Jul 31 • Greg Ceccarelli
Conviction
Is deciding before you ask for advice
Jul 24 • Greg Ceccarelli
Zeitgeist Market Fit
Will the appetite underneath the moment propel your product forward?
Jul 17 • Greg Ceccarelli
Keep the stool beside you empty
On relevance, reverence, and leaving room for what you did not ask for
Jul 10 • Greg Ceccarelli
Both Datasets are True
But “the data shows” is a way to stop thinking
Jul 2 • Greg Ceccarelli

June 2026

Don’t Sell Thinking
Software must either disappear into the work or give thought a place to land
Jun 25 • Greg Ceccarelli
The Green Checkmark is Not a Fact
Driving agents effectively is the engineering skill that matters most right now.
Jun 18 • Greg Ceccarelli
The Refinery
The durable business of this era converts private judgement into legible, priced outcomes and artifacts.
Jun 12 • Greg Ceccarelli
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