what the heck is there to do and how do I keep up?

We are in a strange position where the present feels normal while the people building the future are warning us it won't be.

Every AI startup talks about models. Modal is quietly rebuilding the infrastructure those models run on.

AWS is Planet Fitness: cheap, accessible, but packed with casual gym-goers. You have to wait for a squat rack, and the dumbbells only go up to 50 lbs.

CoreWeave is a private powerlifting gym (a nicer equinox) : expensive, exclusive, and designed only for elite lifters. There are no treadmills, no yoga classes: just heavy iron and chalk.