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It’s a dream week for tech docs

It’s a dream week for tech docs
The Verge Saturday 17 October 2026, 12:00 UTC By David Pierce 2 min read
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Welcome to Installer No. 148, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, hope you're enjoying all your pumpkin-flavored everything, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been reading about Marc Andreessen and the future of math and Mike Tomlin and Citizens United, reminiscing about the heyday of MySpace, sending this article to everyone as an apology for my bad texting, listening to the Pet Shop...

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 148, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, hope you're enjoying all your pumpkin-flavored everything, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)

This week, I've been reading about Marc Andreessen and the future of math and Mike Tomlin and Citizens United, reminiscing about the heyday of MySpace, sending this article to everyone as an apology for my bad texting, listening to the Pet Shop Boys' new Alan Turing album and Dwarkesh Patel's thoughts on AI, barely keeping myself from preordering an iPhone Duo, asking a lot of questio …

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Installer (ORG) Marc Andreessen (PERSON) Mike Tomlin (PERSON) Citizens United (ORG) MySpace (LOCATION) the Pet Shop Boys' (ORG) Alan Turing (PERSON) Dwarkesh Patel's (PERSON) AI (ORG) iPhone Duo (ORG)
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