I have a mildly contrarian take about the SpaceX valuation (Odds and Ends #101)

SpaceX's valuation is debated in a contrarian take, while the author discusses vibe-coding, Brexit frustrations, and Europe's AI future. The piece also covers climate change news and a YIMBY podcast on HS2.

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.