Nick Major
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Consumption: February 2026
A list of some things I consumed in the month of February 2026.
Reading:
Outsourcing thinking
What I learned building an opinionated and minimal coding agent
Notepad++ Hijacked by State-Sponsored Hackers
The Wi-Fi only works when it's raining
Don't fall into the anti-AI hype
A Broken Heart
The F word
Your attitude determines your success
Optimize for momentum
Nobody knows how the whole system works
AI Makes the Easy Part Easier and the Hard Part Harder
Thank you, AI
23 lessons you will learn living in a very snowy place
"Nothing" is the secret to structuring your work
Major European Payment Processor Can't Send Email to Google Workspace Users
"token anxiety"; or, a slot machine by any other name
The End of the Office
You Are NOT Dumb, You Just Lack the Prerequisites
The Only Moat Left Is Money
AI makes you boring
Feynman's Garden
No Skill. No Taste.
Why is Claude an Electron App?
Magic
Fix your tools
Ladybird adopts Rust, with help from AI
Ownership and data flow in GPUI
How We Rebuilt Settings in Zed
Movies/TV Shows:
The Lost Bus (2025)
Marty Supreme (2025)
Eternity (2025)
A River Runs Through It (1992)
The Holdovers (2023)
The Studio - Season 1 (2025)
Roofman (2025)
Wolfs (2024)
White Squall (1996)