# I have a mildly contrarian take about the SpaceX valuation (Odds and Ends #101) > Source: > Published: 2026-06-16 14:03:35+00:00 # I have a mildly contrarian take about the SpaceX valuation (Odds and Ends #101) ### Plus what I've been vibe-coding, and how I know I'm still mad about Brexit. **POD! **On this week, Martin and I look at Zack Polanski’s claims about the price of food, and I make myself popular by defending, er, the Big Supermarket. Then we speak to the excellent [YIMBY Pod](https://yimbypod.com/) **Thomas Ableman** about how the Swiss would have built HS2 completely differently. [Listen here, or wherever you get your pods!](https://yimbypod.com/) Hello! It’s time for *Odds and Ends*, your semi-regular round-up of the most interesting links I’ve seen this week - plus some shorter takes. If everything goes to plan, I should have a very cool story later this week, but in the meantime, here’s a slightly more James-heavy *Odds and Ends* than usual, as this time I’m featuring: My latest vibe-coding adventure My take on the “is SpaceX overvalued?” debate A scary picture of what Europe’s AI future could look like, if we don’t fix it The Brexit documentary that made me mad And some good *and bad*news about climate change. Now let’s get started! ## Keep reading with a 7-day free trial Subscribe to Odds and Ends of History to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.