Roborock's more affordable vacuum did well on corners and navigating my home, but thresholds and small objects remain a challenge. Still, it's a good vacuum for the price, especially when it's on sale.

One of the nice things about the weather is that even if it’s bad right now, it’ll definitely be changing soon and maybe even for the better. There is one exception to this rule, howeve…

We spend our lives trying to become everything we’re capable of becoming. But the problem with “full potential” is that we’ve already decided what full looks like, and in doing so, we may be creating the very ceiling we’re trying to break through.

Finally, a villain we can agree on.

The FoKus Amadeus have been nothing short of revelatory.

This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.  Nick Statt: Hello and welcome to Decoder, Nilay’s show about big ideas and other problems. This is Nick Statt, senior producer. And I’m joined by our brand-new supervising producer, Greg Ott. Gre…