Archive - Not Boring by Packy McCormick

An American Engineer in China

Field Notes #1: The First 11 Days

Aug 25

Weekly Dose of Optimism #207

Cancer Vaccine, Attention, Generalist Robot, Routers, Drones + Extra Doses + HBD Puj!

Aug 21

Weekly Dose of Optimism #206

Drones, Lakers, Recast, Fuse neutrons, and Rick Rubin + Extra Doses

Aug 14

Base Power Company: Chapter 3

Manufacturing the Capability Cannon

Aug 12

Weekly Dose of Optimism #205

Terraform, Billion-Dollar Rounds, Oklo Goes Critical, Astra Math, Terafab + Extra Doses

Aug 7

July 2026

Weekly Dose of Optimism #204

Enigma, Robots Covered, DoorDash Air, Zoox Approval, Free ChatGPT + HT + Extra Doses

Jul 31

AI is Oil, Not God

I trust the market over ghost stories

Jul 25

Weekly Dose of Optimism #203

Travis is Back, Jacobian Conjecture Falls, Skyroot, Star Axis, Thunder + Extra Doses

Jul 24

Weekly Dose of Optimism #202

Saronic, Austin Week, Walden + Sunday Robots, Lipfendra, Kimi + Inkling + Extra Doses

Jul 17

Senra Systems: Harnessing Human Skill

A Co-Written Essay with Senra Systems CEO Jordan Black

Jul 16

Weekly Dose of Optimism #201

Aalo, Data Centers, American Turbines, OXMAN Ink, Neo Hands + Extra Doses

Jul 10

Weekly Dose of Optimism #200

Conception, Synthetic Cell, Brain2Qwerty, Nuclear Updates, America's Next 250 + Extra Doses

Jul 3

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