Rian van der Merwe's bloghttps://elezea.com/https://elezea.com/2026/10/discogs-mcp-v3-6-0/https://elezea.com/2026/10/discogs-mcp-v3-6-0/This release is mostly for people who run their own copy of `discogs-mcp`. The one-click deploy works on the Workers Free plan again, and a large collection…Wed, 07 Oct 2026 13:26:03 GMTRian van der Merwehttps://elezea.com/2026/10/lastfm-mcp-v2-6-0/https://elezea.com/2026/10/lastfm-mcp-v2-6-0/MCP clients can now sign in by pointing at a web address that describes them, with no registration step first. This is the method the current MCP spec prefers,…Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:04:29 GMTRian van der Merwehttps://elezea.com/2026/10/linkin-park-unshatter/https://elezea.com/2026/10/linkin-park-unshatter/Joe Hahn's documentary about Linkin Park's return is emotional, fun, heartfelt, and hopeful, and it rocks very hard. Go see it while it's in theaters.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:34:50 GMTRian van der Merwehttps://elezea.com/2026/09/neo-etiquette-basics-the-new-rules-of-being-human/https://elezea.com/2026/09/neo-etiquette-basics-the-new-rules-of-being-human/Modern etiquette requires respecting others' time and attention while resisting the urge to participate in online pile-ons.Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:54:07 GMTRian van der Merwehttps://elezea.com/2026/08/do-remasters-ever-win/https://elezea.com/2026/08/do-remasters-ever-win/I measured the dynamic range of every album I own, in every digital version I own it. The remasters mostly lost.Mon, 31 Aug 2026 20:34:03 GMTRian van der Merwehttps://elezea.com/2026/08/discrobble-v1-3-6/https://elezea.com/2026/08/discrobble-v1-3-6/Discrobble now shows the Notes you keep against a record in your Discogs collection, and lets you edit them from the album page. This release also collects…Fri, 28 Aug 2026 19:10:44 GMTRian van der Merwehttps://elezea.com/2026/08/lastfm-mcp-v2-5-0/https://elezea.com/2026/08/lastfm-mcp-v2-5-0/The server now speaks the current MCP revision (2026-07-28, the stateless one) natively, while older clients keep working through the SDK's compatibility lane.…Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:04:31 GMTRian van der Merwehttps://elezea.com/2026/08/discogs-mcp-v3-5-0/https://elezea.com/2026/08/discogs-mcp-v3-5-0/This release is about the Discogs rate limit: fewer 429s to begin with, and a quick, clear answer when one does happen. Discogs throttles by source IP and a…Mon, 17 Aug 2026 22:39:19 GMTRian van der Merwehttps://elezea.com/2026/08/how-ai-is-changing-product-management/https://elezea.com/2026/08/how-ai-is-changing-product-management/Where the sources stand on AI and the product management role, and three questions worth discussing with your own team.Fri, 07 Aug 2026 15:22:11 GMTRian van der Merwehttps://elezea.com/2026/08/tldl-v2-5-0/https://elezea.com/2026/08/tldl-v2-5-0/The first TL;DL release in four months. Episode summaries now carry their editorial deck and pull quote into the email newsletter and the RSS feed,…Sun, 02 Aug 2026 19:16:55 GMTRian van der Merwehttps://elezea.com/2026/08/should-you-use-ai-for-a-task-heres-a-simple-way-to-decide/https://elezea.com/2026/08/should-you-use-ai-for-a-task-heres-a-simple-way-to-decide/Distinguish between tasks where efficiency matters and those where the process itself is valuable to preserve your skills.Sun, 02 Aug 2026 18:32:17 GMTRian van der Merwehttps://elezea.com/2026/07/in-the-age-of-ai-esther-perels-relationship-counseling-is-more-necessary-than/https://elezea.com/2026/07/in-the-age-of-ai-esther-perels-relationship-counseling-is-more-necessary-than/As AI relationships become increasingly soothing and frictionless, Esther Perel argues the real challenge isn't sustaining desire but igniting it in an…Wed, 08 Jul 2026 01:31:51 GMTRian van der Merwehttps://elezea.com/2026/07/from-human-in-the-loop-to-human-with-agent-in-the-loop/https://elezea.com/2026/07/from-human-in-the-loop-to-human-with-agent-in-the-loop/Reframe AI assistance as agents joining human-led workflows rather than humans monitoring automated systems, with transparent visibility into agent reasoning.Wed, 08 Jul 2026 01:28:45 GMTRian van der Merwehttps://elezea.com/2026/06/instead-of-taking-your-job-ai-might-transform-it/https://elezea.com/2026/06/instead-of-taking-your-job-ai-might-transform-it/AI's potential to democratize custom software development echoes the early dream of personal computing that was abandoned when professional applications took…Tue, 30 Jun 2026 23:12:33 GMTRian van der Merwehttps://elezea.com/2026/06/ai-enthusiasts-are-in-a-race-against-time-ai-skeptics-are-in-a-race-against/https://elezea.com/2026/06/ai-enthusiasts-are-in-a-race-against-time-ai-skeptics-are-in-a-race-against/Both AI enthusiasts and skeptics need to bridge their gap in shared reality to work together on realizing AI's potential while minimizing its costs.Mon, 29 Jun 2026 22:21:52 GMTRian van der Merwehttps://elezea.com/2026/06/social-media-is-now-parasocial-media/https://elezea.com/2026/06/social-media-is-now-parasocial-media/Social media has shifted from genuine friend interaction to a parasocial broadcast medium where we curate ourselves for algorithmic visibility rather than…Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:15:54 GMTRian van der Merwehttps://elezea.com/2026/06/discogs-mcp-v3-4-0/https://elezea.com/2026/06/discogs-mcp-v3-4-0/Your Discogs wantlist is now first-class in `discogs-mcp`. Browse the records you want but don't own, add one the moment you spot it, and clear it off the list…Sun, 28 Jun 2026 14:47:11 GMTRian van der Merwehttps://elezea.com/2026/06/work-whiplash/https://elezea.com/2026/06/work-whiplash/Organizational chaos stems from leaders failing to communicate decisions and priority changes to their teams, a gap that closes only with intentional…Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:05:11 GMTRian van der Merwehttps://elezea.com/2026/06/i-am-dreading-our-llm-written-incident-report-future/https://elezea.com/2026/06/i-am-dreading-our-llm-written-incident-report-future/LLM-generated incident reports pose unique dangers because their plausible-sounding errors lack immediate verification mechanisms that catch problems in code…Sun, 21 Jun 2026 14:06:45 GMTRian van der Merwehttps://elezea.com/2026/06/what-i-see-in-clinic-is-never-a-set-of-labels-are-we-in-danger-of/https://elezea.com/2026/06/what-i-see-in-clinic-is-never-a-set-of-labels-are-we-in-danger-of/A GP explores whether modern psychiatry risks pathologizing normal human distress by broadening diagnostic criteria and lowering thresholds for mental illness.Sun, 21 Jun 2026 13:51:27 GMTRian van der Merwe