Techwatch

Every two weeks. AI, platforms, and the messy reality of digital work. Links worth your time, with a reason why.

I've been keeping a tech watch for years, in one form or another. The tools changed, the platforms came and went (pour one out for the ones that shut down on me), but the habit stuck: read widely, keep what matters, throw out the hype.

This is the public version of that habit.

What you'll get

Every two weeks, a handful of links I actually read. Not a firehose. Each one comes with a note on why it's here: what's interesting, what's overstated, what it means if you build or run digital products for a living.

Some entries are a line. Some run longer when the thing deserves unpacking. No filler to hit a word count.

The focus, loosely:

• AI in practice: what's shipping, what's vapor, what's quietly useful
• Platform strategy: the economics and power dynamics behind the tools we all depend on
• Digital & media: building and running products in a space that won't sit still
• The occasional nerdy detour, because old habits die hard

No sponsored placements dressed up as picks. If something's a referral or I have a stake, I say so.

Who's writing this

I'm Thibault. I run Digital & Platform at Paperjam, a Luxembourg media outlet covering business and economics. Day to day I deal with the gap between what tech promises and what actually works once people have to use it, which is roughly what this newsletter is about.