Fwends

Expeditions Into the Digital

Hi, I'm Peter. This is my website.

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  The Blackbox Fallacy 2026~03~08

  Your codebase already runs on layers of code you didn't write and don't fully understand — from the CPU to the compiler to your frameworks. Rejecting AI coding agents because you won't understand their output applies a standard you've never applied to anything else in your stack.

  

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  How Working with Agents is Different 2026~03~04

  Contrary to what people think, working with agents doesn't make your life easier, nor your work less intense.

  

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  The Anti-Focus 2026~02~23

  Working with AI Agents leads to constant attention shifting, causing significant changes to your ability to focus.

  

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  The Answer Machine 2026~02~22

  Are LLMs the thinking persons doomscrolling?

  

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  Techno-Dadaism and the Future of Innovation 2026~02~18

  What looks absurd often is – And yet it is vital to innovation.

  

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  Techno-Dadaism 2026~02~17

  Dada provoked, confused, and broke conventions to rebuild them. Today's agentic AI experiments do the same. Dismissing them as gimmicks misses the point entirely.

  

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  Knowledge Management and Artificial Intelligence 2026~02~04

  Amateurs talk about processes, professionals talk about documentation. In the era of AI, your documentation isn't just bureaucratic overhead – it's become your most valuable asset.

  

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  This Is Bigger Than We Think It Is 2026~01~21

  Some things have an incredibly large contact surface - even a shallow change has a huge impact because it affects so much, and so many. Artificial Intelligence is without doubt such a thing.

  

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  The Rise of the Personal Tool Stack 2026~01~12

  Writing new software tools with agentic AI is extremely easy. You can create a simple tool with a single prompt and a bit of patience. The logical result is that many tasks that can be automated will be – mostly on an individual basis.

  

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  This Feels Fresh 2026~01~08

  Working with the latest wave of AI tools reminds me of working with the Web in the 90s.

  

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  A Personal Framework of Ethics 2026~01~07

  When intent to create net positive outcomes matters more than the outcomes themselves, the tension between deontology and utilitarianism becomes a practical tool rather than a philosophical problem.

  

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  Another Chapter of the Journey 2026~01~07

  Looking back at a year of cycling, and looking forward to what to do in 2026.

  

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  My 2025 Year in Strava Music 2026~01~03

  I'm the Local Hero on Donauinsel, and this is all you need to know about me.

  

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  My (Athletic) Data Collection Automation Setup 2026~01~02

  How I automated the collection of workout data from Strava and Whoop into local markdown files using Make.com workflows, avoiding data fragmentation while preserving the ability to add personal context and notes.

  

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  Reflections on My 2025 2026~01~01

  Trade-Offs over priorities, empiricism over vanity metrics. 2025 was a breakthrough year for me.