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Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

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Cash received is not revenue earned artwork

Cash received is not revenue earned

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

33:10Apr 16, 2026
Your bank balance isn’t in the bank, and other alchemy artwork

Your bank balance isn’t in the bank, and other alchemy

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

48:09Apr 9, 2026
Payroll, pins, and punch cards artwork

Payroll, pins, and punch cards

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

47:33Apr 2, 2026
Delve into compliance theatre artwork

Delve into compliance theatre

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

57:45Mar 26, 2026
Understanding consumer debt collections: the underbelly of finance artwork

Understanding consumer debt collections: the underbelly of finance

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

45:32Mar 19, 2026
Inference engineering and the real-world deployment of LLMs, with Philip Kiely artwork

Inference engineering and the real-world deployment of LLMs, with Philip Kiely

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:23:45Mar 12, 2026
Secrets designed to be divulged and other payment oddities artwork

Secrets designed to be divulged and other payment oddities

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

25:30Mar 5, 2026
Understanding government procurement, with Luke Farrell artwork

Understanding government procurement, with Luke Farrell

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:21:47Feb 26, 2026
APIs of evil: studying fraud as infrastructure artwork

APIs of evil: studying fraud as infrastructure

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

51:21Feb 12, 2026
Why check cashing businesses exist artwork

Why check cashing businesses exist

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

38:25Feb 5, 2026
Claude Code makes several thousand dollars in 30 minutes, with Patrick McKenzie artwork

Claude Code makes several thousand dollars in 30 minutes, with Patrick McKenzie

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

41:36Jan 29, 2026
We should stop burning pharma trials’ lab notes, with Ruxandra Teslo artwork

We should stop burning pharma trials’ lab notes, with Ruxandra Teslo

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:18:23Jan 22, 2026
Your support rep is also trapped in this call, with Des Traynor of Intercom artwork

Your support rep is also trapped in this call, with Des Traynor of Intercom

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

54:15Jan 15, 2026
The magic spell that makes banks give you your money back artwork

The magic spell that makes banks give you your money back

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

38:51Jan 8, 2026
2025 in review, with Sammy Cottrell artwork

2025 in review, with Sammy Cottrell

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

50:25Jan 3, 2026
Gift cards and the fraud supply chain artwork

Gift cards and the fraud supply chain

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

15:53Dec 26, 2025
Understanding perpetual futures artwork

Understanding perpetual futures

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

26:11Dec 11, 2025
The economics of discovery, with Ben Reinhardt artwork

The economics of discovery, with Ben Reinhardt

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

47:21Dec 4, 2025
Understanding equity at tech companies, with Billy Gallagher of Prospect artwork

Understanding equity at tech companies, with Billy Gallagher of Prospect

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:19:43Nov 20, 2025
The $4,000 insurance policy designed to never pay out artwork

The $4,000 insurance policy designed to never pay out

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

28:31Nov 13, 2025
How deposit insurance actually works artwork

How deposit insurance actually works

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

33:06Nov 6, 2025
Home improvement lending with fewer bankers and more computers artwork

Home improvement lending with fewer bankers and more computers

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

30:05Oct 30, 2025
Talking to the Bank of England about systemic risk and systems engineering artwork

Talking to the Bank of England about systemic risk and systems engineering

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:32:54Oct 23, 2025
Narrative, mastery, and character bleed in games, with Ricki Heicklen artwork

Narrative, mastery, and character bleed in games, with Ricki Heicklen

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:32:37Oct 16, 2025
Bits and bricks: Oliver Habryka on LessWrong, LightHaven, and community infrastructure artwork

Bits and bricks: Oliver Habryka on LessWrong, LightHaven, and community infrastructure

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:16:01Oct 9, 2025
Building institutions that bend towards truth, with Clara Collier of Asterisk Magazine artwork

Building institutions that bend towards truth, with Clara Collier of Asterisk Magazine

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:13:27Oct 2, 2025
How blogging went legit, with Substack CEO Chris Best artwork

How blogging went legit, with Substack CEO Chris Best

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

48:07Sep 25, 2025
Prestige media, new media, and the US government, with Kelsey Piper artwork

Prestige media, new media, and the US government, with Kelsey Piper

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:32:45Sep 19, 2025
AI alignment, with Emmett Shear artwork

AI alignment, with Emmett Shear

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:28:45Sep 11, 2025
Building software that survives contact with reality, with Will Wilson artwork

Building software that survives contact with reality, with Will Wilson

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:16:58Sep 4, 2025
Defense, drones, and military procurement, with Bean of Naval Gazing artwork

Defense, drones, and military procurement, with Bean of Naval Gazing

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:02:47Aug 28, 2025
AI and the great developer speed-up, with Joel Becker of METR artwork

AI and the great developer speed-up, with Joel Becker of METR

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:04:04Aug 21, 2025
How banks actually work (and don't work) artwork

How banks actually work (and don't work)

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

34:59Aug 14, 2025
Building software in Japan, with Jim Weisser artwork

Building software in Japan, with Jim Weisser

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:17:12Aug 7, 2025
Startup investing in Tokyo, with Coral Capital’s James Riney artwork

Startup investing in Tokyo, with Coral Capital’s James Riney

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:04:10Jul 31, 2025
How AI reshapes the craft of software engineering, with Yoav Tzfati artwork

How AI reshapes the craft of software engineering, with Yoav Tzfati

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

45:41Jul 24, 2025
Stacking the odds: Cate Hall on agency and outlier success artwork

Stacking the odds: Cate Hall on agency and outlier success

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

46:39Jul 17, 2025
Think like a trader, with Ricki Heicklen artwork

Think like a trader, with Ricki Heicklen

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:55:18Jul 10, 2025
Achieving results in the physical world, with Adam Jarvis of “Public Service” artwork

Achieving results in the physical world, with Adam Jarvis of “Public Service”

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:09:10Jul 3, 2025
The AI infrastructure stack with Jennifer Li, a16z artwork

The AI infrastructure stack with Jennifer Li, a16z

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

45:50Jun 26, 2025
Getting better at LLMs, with Zvi Mowshowitz artwork

Getting better at LLMs, with Zvi Mowshowitz

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

51:50Jun 12, 2025
Machine learning meets malware, with Caleb Fenton artwork

Machine learning meets malware, with Caleb Fenton

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:21:16Jun 5, 2025
How to negotiate your salary package artwork

How to negotiate your salary package

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

45:21May 29, 2025
The capitalist's guide to podcasting, with Ross Rheingans-Yoo artwork

The capitalist's guide to podcasting, with Ross Rheingans-Yoo

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:03:27May 22, 2025
Killing viruses with light, with Jacob Swett artwork

Killing viruses with light, with Jacob Swett

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:01:43May 15, 2025
Life insurance and your money, with Zac Townsend artwork

Life insurance and your money, with Zac Townsend

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:20:53May 8, 2025
Fixing government technology, with Mikey Dickerson artwork

Fixing government technology, with Mikey Dickerson

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

53:39May 1, 2025
Understanding and wielding power in local government, with Daniel Golliher artwork

Understanding and wielding power in local government, with Daniel Golliher

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

59:35Apr 24, 2025
The AI energy bottleneck, with Tim Fist artwork

The AI energy bottleneck, with Tim Fist

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:06:05Apr 17, 2025
Taking stablecoins seriously, with Haseeb Qureshi artwork

Taking stablecoins seriously, with Haseeb Qureshi

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:08:05Apr 10, 2025