Author: Ryan Neudorf

  • On directories. And vibe coding.

    I seem to have an obsession with directories. During COVID I helped build letsorder.delivery: a directory of local restaurants offer non-app delivery. Today I launched new one wpg.beer: a directory of local brewery taprooms. I’m not entirely sure where this obsession comes from. Maybe it’s nostalgia for the early web — before search engines and…


  • How AI Stole My Job

    The progress of technology over the course of my life has been stunning and the progress of LLMs is vastly outpacing even those previous decades of exponential progress. It’s wild! In the past two to three weeks, my entire approach to coding has been completely upended. To the point that it’s hardly even the same…


  • Buy Canadian Vegans

    By now, buying Canadian is a real movement. Reddit keeps showing me posts from r/BuyCanadian. Some of the comments in that sub remind me a lot about discussions surrounding veganism. A lot of posters are proposing going full vegan. If there’s any hint of US ownership, you must totally avoid the product. The means MEC…