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How to improve understanding with Claude Code
Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham posted on his substack feed the other day a link to this interesting blog post by Geoffrey Litt called “Understanding is the new…
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July 2026
Prose is not constraints and other things I learned from Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham's NBER talk on AI in empirical research
By mid-2026, I think many researchers understand that coding agents like Claude Code and Codex have dramatically reduced the marginal cost of producing…
Jul 30
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Which research mistakes matter for human capital?
And does it matter?
Jul 27
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Stale code, deprecation, and the canon
I think I first noticed I needed a structured workflow with using Claude Code when during a long project the analytical sample went from having N…
Jul 21
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Am I'm reading too much?
Some days I think I have adopted a new way of working with Claude Code that has revolutionized my entire life.
Jul 17
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Deriving the Value of these Claude Code Essays (and All Other Essays) using Claude Code Integration to Substack
Substack integrated Claude Code recently via an mcp (not sure if I used all of that correctly).
Jul 8
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Claude Code 56: Falling marginal costs of production, output, and aggregate errors
Returning home update
Jul 6
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June 2026
Claude Code 55: Beauty and story are key to my workflow harness
I think my harness-workflow is taking shape.
Jun 11
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Claude Code 54: Amnesia
I’ve mentioned before that I got diagnosed with attention deficit disorder “primarily inattentive” about 15 years ago.
Jun 10
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Claude Code 53: Applied econometrics will require a detailed checklist
This is going to be short.
Jun 8
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May 2026
Claude code 52: Journal Cartels and AI Disclosure
Greetings from beautiful Madrid!
May 27
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Claude Code 51: Harnessing AI Agents for Economic Research
It’s funny.
May 21
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