Archive - Ryan's Substack

An LLM wiki won't change your life

Why all the Karpathy-inspired Obsidian posts are missing the point

May 3 • Ryan Brown

January 2026

I reverse-engineered Kindle to build AI audiobooks

The absurd lengths I went to for 8-minute audiobook snippets

Jan 25 • Ryan Brown

December 2025

AI will never master PowerPoint

Why visual editors are the wrong interface for LLMs

Dec 16, 2025 • Ryan Brown

November 2025

Thoughts on the AI bubble

Understanding tech cycles and what's different about AI

Nov 13, 2025 • Ryan Brown

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