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What it is.
Benn Stancil co-founded Mode and served as its CTO. He joined ThoughtSpot in 2023 through its acquisition of Mode and is now its Field CTO. The Substack describes itself as a weekly letter on data and technology.
Each post argues one thesis at essay length, often on AI and the analytics trade. Recent editions asked whether AI can produce great design and what brute-force intelligence does to knowledge work.
Everything is free. Asked why he doesn't charge, he answers that then you'd expect the emails to be good.
What you get.
- One essay a week on data and the business around it
- AI coverage grounded in how analytics teams work
- Positions on industry debates you can argue with
- Culture and sports detours that keep long posts moving
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Editions we'd start with.
Brute intelligence ↗
An essay on AI as brute-force iteration and what that does to knowledge work.
Can AI make an iPhone? ↗
On taste, and whether AI design tools can make hard choices.
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Is the modern data stack over?