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Henri

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About Me
I've always loved the feeling of opening the mailbox and finding the latest issue of a magazine you've subscribed to for years. Growing up, my favorites were ESPN The Magazine and Architectural Digest. These days, we're constantly sharing videos, photos, and opinions - so why not our own magazines? Qorrum is a platform where anyone can create and share their own monthly magazine, and explore ones made by others. Mine will usually center on cumulative knowledge, major tech developments, and general learnings - though each issue will take a slightly different shape!

Posts by Henri

Summer in NYC

Moonbeam Icecream

July 4th!! 🇺🇸 

A few takes on AI - July 2026

AI in action

One prediction/analogy of frontier models

Why the frontier labs subsidize so heavily

How businesses should charge in the world of AI

Health / longevity: break up sitting, not just “exercise more”. A new Medicine study of 91,000+ people over ~12 years linked longer uninterrupted sedentary time with higher cancer mortality; replacing sitting with light movement was associated with lower risk (for workdays: 2–5 minute walk breaks, calls while walking, errands between deep-work blocks).

Vinod Khosla: “I don’t get stressed ever. I just don’t know what stress means. I just decide what’s the best thing I can do, do the best thing I can, then I can’t do anymore. Worrying about it going wrong doesn’t affect me.”

Few takes on AI - June 2026

Up until the last year, developing an app took enough time and expertise that it tended to be done for multiple people and repetitive use cases.

But AI coding capabilities have gotten so good that in literally a few minutes, you can make a tailor made app.

I tried out doing just that, using a train ride to make an apartment comparison app for one time use, just for me - few snapshots below. 

This month I started using ChatGPT to send me a daily morning briefing. I chose the specific set of sections and style I wanted, and have been able to iterate on the format. I'm finding what is essentially my own morning newsletter to be a great addition to my news routine, and recommend creating your own

New York was special for the two weeks of the NBA finals...

Greece!

The best burger, fries, and shakes place in the country in my view was Edzos near the Northwestern campus. When it closed a year or so ago, I looked up what the chef was doing, saw he’d started a substack, and asked him how to cook mushrooms. To my surprise, he responded! Here’s the secret to Edzo’s mushrooms