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2nd March 2026

I just sent the February edition of my sponsors-only monthly newsletter. If you are a sponsor (or if you start a sponsorship now) you can access it here. In this month's newsletter:

  • More OpenClaw, and Claws in general
  • I started a not-quite-a-book about Agentic Engineering
  • StrongDM, Showboat and Rodney
  • Kākāpō breeding season
  • Model releases
  • What I'm using, February 2026 edition

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I use Claude as a proofreader for spelling and grammar via this prompt which also asks it to "Spot any logical errors or factual mistakes". I'm delighted to report that Claude Opus 4.6 called me out on this one:

5. "No new chicks for four years (due to a lack of fruiting rimu trees)" The phrasing "lack of fruiting rimu trees" is slightly imprecise. The issue isn't that rimu trees failed to fruit at all, but that there was no mass fruiting (masting) event, which is the specific trigger for kākāpō breeding. Consider "due to a lack of rimu masting" or "due to a lack of mass rimu fruiting."

Posted 2nd March 2026 at 2:53 pm

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