Micro posts
- Didn’t realize Anthropic had created dxt: a one-click install for MCP servers --> Claude Desktop Extensions: One-click MCP server installation for Claude Desktop
- Fascinating blog post that rethinks how to use LLMs for programming tasks by writing a “program” in markdown and storing “state” in json files --> Taming agentic engineering - Prompts are code, .json/.md files are state
- MCP server for accessing Guardian articles --> https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/a-new-tool-lets-your-favorite-ai-model-talk-with-1-9-million-articles-in-the-guardian/
Full posts
- I just added Model Context Protocol to my LLM toolkit, and my mind is blown
- You need your own LLM evals. Here’s how I set mine up.
- How I’m using an LLM to keep trackers updated
Projects
How counties are shifting in the 2024 presidential election
November 5, 2024
Grocery chains are bigger than ever. See who runs the stores near you.
September 24, 2024
See why AI detection tools can fail to catch election deepfakes
August 15, 2024
Are you middle class?
June 1, 2023
See how AI got so good, so fast
May 26, 2023
See the websites that make AI like ChatGPT sound so smart
April 21, 2023
The housing market is cooling. What’s it like in your area?
September 20, 2022
Investors bought a record share of homes in 2021. See where.
February 16, 2022
Pandora Papers: Billions beyond reach
October 3, 2021
How Big Tech got so big: Hundreds of acquisitions
April 21, 2021
Drug companies seek billion-dollar tax deductions from opioid settlement
February 12, 2021
Which of these 2020 Democrats agrees with you most?
November 18, 2019
We’re asking 2020 Democrats where they stand on key issues
March 14, 2019
Some tax breaks are for the rich. Others for the poor. Which are for you?
September 27, 2017