Notes / July 2026 # Thinking out loud. Short posts, useful discoveries and things I’m still figuring out. A little closer to the moment. English translations by AI. Original wording is preserved. Included images are unchanged; source links keep the rest in reach. [For the slower reflection, read Now](https://jardenberg.com/now) [Subscribe to Notes by RSS](https://jardenberg.com/feeds/notes.xml) [All feeds & downloads](https://jardenberg.com/open) [All months](https://jardenberg.com/notes)[October 2026](https://jardenberg.com/notes/month/2026-10)[September 2026](https://jardenberg.com/notes/month/2026-09)[August 2026](https://jardenberg.com/notes/month/2026-08)[July 2026](https://jardenberg.com/notes/month/2026-07)[June 2026](https://jardenberg.com/notes/month/2026-06)[May 2026](https://jardenberg.com/notes/month/2026-05)[April 2026](https://jardenberg.com/notes/month/2026-04)[March 2026](https://jardenberg.com/notes/month/2026-03)[February 2026](https://jardenberg.com/notes/month/2026-02)[January 2026](https://jardenberg.com/notes/month/2026-01) 11 notes · July 2026 30 July 2026Small things ## [You had one job.](https://jardenberg.com/notes/you-had-one-job) AI translation · Swedish → English When are we going to rebel against the lousy quality of services that “have one job”? For example: when a browser extension can easily use ChatGPT to read my appointment on 1177.se and create an event in my calendar, how much longer should 1177 get away with… [Read note](https://jardenberg.com/notes/you-had-one-job)[Läs originalet](https://jardenberg.com/notes/you-had-one-job/sv)[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7488602110012461056/) 20 July 2026Everyday AI ## [A conversation about everyday AI.](https://jardenberg.com/notes/a-conversation-about-everyday-ai) AI translation · Swedish → English While we wait for the next #ensakidag episode, have a listen to the conversation between Mats and me. It’s about my favourite subject: AI in everyday life. Available wherever you get your podcasts. (and as usual, jump in if I’ve missed or misunderstood… [Read note](https://jardenberg.com/notes/a-conversation-about-everyday-ai)[Läs originalet](https://jardenberg.com/notes/a-conversation-about-everyday-ai/sv)[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7484962952861659137/) [![The cover image for Mats Svedberg’s AI i vardagen podcast.](https://jardenberg.com/images/notes/backfill/7484962952861659137-1.jpg)](https://jardenberg.com/images/notes/backfill/7484962952861659137-1.jpg) 17 July 2026Everyday AI ## [My AI team gets another pay rise.](https://jardenberg.com/notes/my-ai-team-gets-another-pay-rise) AI translation · Swedish → English My AI team has just had another pay rise. Up 20% in five months. And I’m fairly sure the calculation still misses quite a few costs. Even so, this is unquestionably one of the best investments I make every month. Even at ten times the cost, the ROI would… [Read note](https://jardenberg.com/notes/my-ai-team-gets-another-pay-rise)[Läs originalet](https://jardenberg.com/notes/my-ai-team-gets-another-pay-rise/sv)[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7483888607750066177/) [![The JJ AI Team page showing 45 AI services, 53 active tools and a historical monthly cost estimate of $3,248.](https://jardenberg.com/images/notes/backfill/7483888607750066177-1.jpg)](https://jardenberg.com/images/notes/backfill/7483888607750066177-1.jpg) 10 July 2026Everyday AI ## [The human behind the robot’s hands.](https://jardenberg.com/notes/the-human-behind-the-robot-s-hands) AI translation · Swedish → English #ensakidag 504: 1X’s new robot hands, and the human behind the curtain A robot pouring tea and building LEGO. Cool, sure. But that isn’t why I’m recording this. 1X showed new hands for its home robot NEO: 25 degrees of freedom, tendon-driven (the fingers… [Read note](https://jardenberg.com/notes/the-human-behind-the-robot-s-hands)[Läs originalet](https://jardenberg.com/notes/the-human-behind-the-robot-s-hands/sv)[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7481352080083959808/) [![A still from Joakim’s #ensakidag video about robot hands.](https://jardenberg.com/images/notes/backfill/7481352080083959808-1.jpg)](https://jardenberg.com/images/notes/backfill/7481352080083959808-1.jpg) 8 July 2026Building & openness ## [A table captain? On it.](https://jardenberg.com/notes/a-table-captain-on-it) AI translation · Swedish → English Always be building. Message from my son: “Could we add a table-captain feature to the website? Like pinning a little person at the table as the table captain?” Me: 🫡 #vicecodingislife [Read note](https://jardenberg.com/notes/a-table-captain-on-it)[Läs originalet](https://jardenberg.com/notes/a-table-captain-on-it/sv)[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7480710822479093760/) [![Joakim looking down at his phone while seated at a table.](https://jardenberg.com/images/notes/backfill/7480710822479093760-1.jpg)](https://jardenberg.com/images/notes/backfill/7480710822479093760-1.jpg) 7 July 2026Learning & leadership ## [Which old map are you navigating by?](https://jardenberg.com/notes/which-old-map-are-you-navigating-by) AI translation · Swedish → English #ensakidag 503: China, fintech patents and the old maps we carry in our luggage China has overtaken the US in fintech patents. True? Yes. The whole truth? Not even close. I read the headline this morning and immediately felt it was too easy to swallow. So… [Read note](https://jardenberg.com/notes/which-old-map-are-you-navigating-by)[Läs originalet](https://jardenberg.com/notes/which-old-map-are-you-navigating-by/sv)[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7480270725824643072/) [![A still from Joakim’s #ensakidag video on China, patents and assumptions.](https://jardenberg.com/images/notes/backfill/7480270725824643072-1.jpg)](https://jardenberg.com/images/notes/backfill/7480270725824643072-1.jpg) 6 July 2026Learning & leadership ## [A summer pile of books and podcasts.](https://jardenberg.com/notes/a-summer-pile-of-books-and-podcasts) AI translation · Swedish → English #ensakidag 502: Summer suggestions, five books and five podcasts (with a bonus) Five minutes a day won’t be enough this summer. So here’s the list I actually use to prepare my clients: a collection of books and podcasts. The books take a journey from systems… [Read note](https://jardenberg.com/notes/a-summer-pile-of-books-and-podcasts)[Läs originalet](https://jardenberg.com/notes/a-summer-pile-of-books-and-podcasts/sv)[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7479881103303086080/) [![A still from Joakim’s #ensakidag video sharing summer books and podcasts.](https://jardenberg.com/images/notes/backfill/7479881103303086080-1.jpg)](https://jardenberg.com/images/notes/backfill/7479881103303086080-1.jpg) 3 July 2026Everyday AI ## [Pluralism, and a call to Olof Palme.](https://jardenberg.com/notes/pluralism-and-a-call-to-olof-palme) AI translation · Swedish → English #ensakidag 501: AI pluralism, and a conversation with Olof Palme Today I called Olof Palme. For real, sort of. Someone in the AI Party (whose politics I hardly share) has vibe-coded a site: turn “Ring Olof Palme” into one word and move the dot into the… [Read note](https://jardenberg.com/notes/pluralism-and-a-call-to-olof-palme)[Läs originalet](https://jardenberg.com/notes/pluralism-and-a-call-to-olof-palme/sv)[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7478773824663044096/) [![A still from Joakim’s #ensakidag video on AI pluralism.](https://jardenberg.com/images/notes/backfill/7478773824663044096-1.jpg)](https://jardenberg.com/images/notes/backfill/7478773824663044096-1.jpg) 2 July 2026Building & openness ## [That’s not bad going.](https://jardenberg.com/notes/that-s-not-bad-going) AI translation · Swedish → English Once upon a time, Lovable received a lot of justified criticism for generating redundant and poor-quality code. That still happens sometimes. But generally, I think we’re now at the point where it produces better frontend code than most developers and… [Read note](https://jardenberg.com/notes/that-s-not-bad-going)[Läs originalet](https://jardenberg.com/notes/that-s-not-bad-going/sv)[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7478384783685840896/) [![The original GTmetrix report showing Grade A, 99% Performance and 99% Structure for the #ensakidag archive.](https://jardenberg.com/images/notes/backfill/7478384783685840896-1.jpg)](https://jardenberg.com/images/notes/backfill/7478384783685840896-1.jpg) 1 July 2026Building & openness ## [Five hundred episodes. Another beginning.](https://jardenberg.com/notes/five-hundred-episodes-another-beginning) AI translation · Swedish → English #ensakidag 500: half a thousand episodes later, the next journey begins ... about nine years of thinking and 500 episodes becoming raw material for AI, new ideas and new services. About entering a time when the boundary between user and developer is… [Read note](https://jardenberg.com/notes/five-hundred-episodes-another-beginning)[Läs originalet](https://jardenberg.com/notes/five-hundred-episodes-another-beginning/sv)[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7478076835420016640/) [![A still from Joakim’s 500th #ensakidag episode.](https://jardenberg.com/images/notes/backfill/7478076835420016640-1.jpg)](https://jardenberg.com/images/notes/backfill/7478076835420016640-1.jpg) Page 1 of 2[Older notes →](https://jardenberg.com/notes/month/2026-07/page/2) Collected from posts I’ve already shared.Original dates. Original images. Room to keep thinking.[Continue on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jardenberg/recent-activity/all/) Source: https://jardenberg.com/notes/month/2026-07 AI + JJ. Original human work and other people’s ideas retain their attribution. Joakim Jardenberg’s own writing: CC BY 4.0. 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