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Alex Rainert

Product and design person, sociable introvert, Liverpool fan, peloton nerd and easy laugh. Writing a monthly-ish short newsletter for curious people.

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Latest Posts

The Finite Scroll 009: Noticing the good, Clay Shirky on AI in education, Nine Inch Nails then and now, the perfect fry box

Alex Rainert · 15 Jan 2026

The Finite Scroll 008: Requiem for the NYT Audio app; One Battle After Another; the AI bubble; discovering David Foster Wallace; designing a board game.

Alex Rainert · 4 Oct 2025

The Finite Scroll 007: Therapy is easier than ever to access; a oral history of enshittification; the risks of agentic AI; switching to Apple Music and a floating pool comes to NYC.

Alex Rainert · 2 Aug 2025

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Alex Rainert

Product person, introvert, Liverpool fan, easy laugh Now: Taking a short break Recent: Head of Audio product @ NYTimes Past: foursquare google itp@nyu

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