Archive - James Pember

Weekend Reading List — 11/04/2026

Have a great weekend.

Apr 10

Tollbooths and Turbines

On a recent analyst call, Workday’s CEO called third-party agents “parasites” getting a “free ride” on their system of record.

Apr 9 • James Pember

Headless SaaS and using my own product less(!)

A totally weird and fascinating quirk of the current “agentic moment” is that I am now actually using my own product’s UI less and less.

Apr 7 • James Pember

Weekend Reading List — 04/04/2026

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Apr 4

March 2026

Cheap turpentine

“When art critics get together they talk about Form and Structure and Meaning.

Mar 31 • James Pember

Weekend Reading List — 28/03/2026

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Mar 27

Summon the software

We need to stop thinking of software (or apps) as things we “release” and start thinking of them as something we “summon.”

Mar 26 • James Pember

Weekend Reading List — 21/03/2026

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Mar 20

Even if you're little you can do a lot

Small teams have always been preferable to large teams.

Mar 19 • James Pember

software-shaped knowledge work

so much (but not all) of modern knowledge work is just a set of "software-shaped problems".

Mar 16 • James Pember

Weekend Reading List — 14/03/2026

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Mar 13

Loom vs Linear: A tale of two AI-cities

On building durable and sticky software in the age of AI and agents.

Mar 10 • James Pember

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