Ask Paul: May 22 ⭐

Happy Friday! We're heading off to the Finger Lakes for the Memorial Day weekend, but first things first. Here's another big install of Ask Paul to kick things off.
🎮 More Laurent is the new More Cowbell
christianwilson asks:

I was pleasantly surprised to see Laurent’s early impression review of Forza Horizon 6. I’d like to see more of these kind of articles from Laurent, assuming he’s interested in doing so.

You're not alone on that. I would never ask such a thing of him, as he already does so much, but he asked about potentially reviewing Forza Horizon 6 and I was of course all over that happening. Similarly, he's looking into getting a review unit of the Fitbit Air, and if that doesn't come through for whatever reason, I will just buy him one so he can review it. The lack of a screen makes that particular device uninteresting to me personally, but Fitbit/Google Health and all the changes that are happening there are important.

Again, I would never ask this of him. He writes the news, of course, and I've always been super-happy with the quality of his writing. And less obviously to those outside our little company, he's the first line of defense when it comes to support issues, and he always does more than anyone has a right to expect. If something falls back to me, God help us all, or to Robert because it's a technical issue, then something is really wrong. Laurent just handles things in a very professional manner, it's very much appreciated.

One thing that will likewise not be obvious from the outside is that the two of us have various back-and-forths regarding whatever we're writing. There are examples of him covering a news story and me following up with a Premium editorial, us dividing news up (for industry events, for example), and either one of us telling the other about some thing that's happening and then we decide between us who's covering it. I will take on certain topics that I know he either doesn't care about too much or are just in my wheelhouse--like developer-related things--and I assume, usually correctly, when there's something I know he'd prefer to write. It's a nice dynamic.

But he is interested in writing reviews and I am all for that. With the understanding that it's not expected, but if that's what he wants to do, I am very happy to see it happen. It's nice to see that others appreciate it as well.
"You Might Want to Wait to Buy a New iPhone"

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🧑‍💻 What happens when no one can read and debug code?
justme asks:

A thought struck me reading one of your recent articles regarding vibe coding – in an era where AI can write code and rewrite code the way it does, how do we preserve the ability to debug and troubleshoot. This thought was brought further to the front of mind by a recent Techradar article regarding NASA’s Voyager probes.

If you're not familiar with Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, one of the premises behind the plot is that there's a...