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The latest issue of Complex Machinery is out.

For the first Complex Machinery of this year, I'm sharing some of my top newsletter issues from 2025. That list includes:

• 047 - "What's left after it all falls apart": Is genAI a bubble? If so, and should it pop anytime soon, this will serve as your guide.

• 043 - "Taming the delightful chaos": What can the computerization of Wall Street teach us about bringing AI into the workplace? I'd written about that topic here and there over the years, but this piece gave me the opportunity to put it all in one place. (This issue also ran as an article on O'Reilly Radar.)

• 049 - "Looking for a grenade in a haystack": I'm filing this under "best" only because I expect ("fear?") it will become painfully relevant in 2026…

• 027 - "A difference of time": Companies selling genAI are focused on the possible-future capabilities of the technology. Too bad they keep talking about it like it's already a present-day reality.

I've also included some honorable mentions from 2024.

You can see the full list in "The second time around".

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