Hi, I’m Jamie.

I write here about technology, AI, the open web, photography and family. Every weekend I send a letter with the things I read and thought about during the week.

November 15, 2026

WT355 — Writing, Building, and the Open Web

In this issue:

AWS Emulator and the engineer’s job when agents write the code
The components of agent memory
AI and the Future of the Product Role
Writing as a thinking tool
The Web Is More Than Enough
Making it easier for websites to express AI training preferences
Dagu: Local-first workflow orchestration that just works
Apple has new Mac app coming to make running local AI models easy - 9to5Mac
Tool changer. Game changer. Bambu Lab presents H3C

Plus 19 more links, 17 journal posts, a photo, and a 24-minute audio edition.

Weekly Thing 355

November 14, 2026

Time for s’mores! 🔥

November 9, 2026

I just love this scene for Thingy that Mazie first spotted. Makes me laugh every time.

Thingy, a cartoon robot in headphones and a denim jacket, looks at a phone with a surprised O mouth

November 7, 2026

Another great “birthday show” from Tina Schlieske at the Dakota. Highlight of the show was her performance of “Man’s World”. Incredible.

Tina Schlieske sings with her band at the Dakota under purple lights, beside a chalkboard reading Happy Birthday Tina

Ask Thingy

Ask me about coffee, kubb, or two decades of links.

November 7, 2026

So great to get to see friends that you haven’t seen in a while. Was fun to (briefly) catch up with Patrick Rhone at our Things 4 Good candle fundraiser.

Jamie and Patrick Rhone smile for a selfie in a kitchen with olive-green cabinets

November 7, 2026

Mazie and I sporting our original 2021 Things 4 Good attire.

Jamie and Mazie smiling arm-in-arm at home in matching things 4 good tops, his navy and hers blue, with cartoon characters

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November 7, 2026

We are ready for the 2026 Things 4 Good Candle Fundraiser! We made a record setting 415 candles this year. Plus two new scents. The six Golden Ticket candles for Makers Night get a special spot! All proceeds supporting four great organizations.

Rows of wooden-wick candles in green, black, white, pink, and navy jars on a painted table beside a sign of four charity causes

Dozens of wood-wick candles in colored glass jars on a round wooden table, with scent signs and a Pick your scents card

Rows of wooden-wick candles in pink, red, burgundy, cream and mint glass jars line a white marble kitchen island

Gold Golden Ticket candles and colorful wood-wick candles on a kitchen counter beside a Maker Night sign and stacked wooden lids

November 4, 2026

Since I made a 3D version of Thingy it seemed only obvious that I would then have to print him!

White 3D-printed robot figure with an antenna, smiling face, and bow tie, raising one hand, on a dark counter by a fruit bowl.

November 3, 2026

This critical vulnerability trend is why you have been getting software updates on everything you own recently. Update everything, all the time.

Bar chart of monthly CVEs, 2017–2026: mostly under 5,000 until 2026 bars climb steeply to 17,060 in October 2026.

November 3, 2026

Today is officially MAX Day at SPS!