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My No-Overwhelm System for Staying Current on AI

You cannot read every AI newsletter and still ship work. Here is the small, fixed stack I subscribe to — by the job each source does — and the 15-minute weekly habit I use to triage it.

Jun 29, 20263 min read5 sources

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Pick two inputs and time-box them. That is the whole system. The engineers I mentor are not behind on AI because they read too little — they are fried because they try to read everything. The fix is not more discipline; it is fewer subscriptions and a fixed weekly slot.

Here is the stack I actually recommend, organized by the job each source does. Pick one scan and one technical read — then stop.

Your daily scan — pick one

A 3-to-5-minute brief so nothing big slips past you. You need exactly one.

The Rundown AI — a free ~5-minute morning email from Rowan Cheung, ~2M readers and a reported ~50% open rate (very high for any newsletter). Pick this if you want the single most-read general AI brief and you will actually open it.
Superhuman AI — 1.5M+ readers, a 3-minute daily read built for professionals without a technical background. Pick this if jargon makes you bounce and you want plain-language updates plus one usable tip.

Your technical read — TLDR AI

If you write code, this is the one that earns its place. TLDR AI lands every weekday for ~1.1M engineers and researchers: model releases, papers, and new tools in a few sentences each — each with a link to the primary source so you can go deep when something actually matters. Denser than the scans, and the depth is the point.

Prefer audio? Swap, don't add

If your only free window is a commute or a workout, make one podcast your scan — it replaces the newsletter, it does not stack on top.

The AI Daily Brief — NLW's daily 25–30 min show on models, enterprise, and policy. Best when you want someone to connect the dots (why a release slipped, not just that it did).
Everyday AI — Jordan Wilson's daily show for 310K+ business leaders. Best for apply-it-today use cases when you care less about the research and more about "what do I do Monday."

The 15-minute weekly triage

I do not read AI news daily. I batch it. Once a week I open my two inputs and ask one thing of each item:

Could I use this on a real task in the next two weeks?

If yes, it goes on a short "try later" list. If no, it is gone — no guilt, no open tab. Acting on one thing beats skimming ten, because only the acting compounds into skill an international employer pays for.

Set it up once so the habit runs itself:

Drop a recurring 15-min calendar block, Fridays at 4pm, "AI triage" — recurring so you never re-decide.
Make the "try later" list one note you already open daily (a pinned Notion page or the top of your task app) — not a new app.
During the block, move each kept item straight onto your actual task list. If it never gets scheduled, delete it.

This week: cut everything except one scan and one technical read, drop a 15-minute "AI triage" block on Friday, and let the rest go.

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