2025 December

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It's probably fine--unless you care about self-improvement or taking pride in your work.

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I’ve been in the mobile development industry for almost 15 years, and this AI/LLM era might be the worst. My work are mostly freelance, gigs, hourly, mile...

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2025 November

On January 6th, 1995 two bank robbers in Pittsburgh confused law enforcement by not making any attempts to conceal their faces but instead brazenly looking at security cameras as if they were invisible. The reason is that they actually thought they were.

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2025 October

AI didn’t take my job, it took my authority. From losing an argument to my wife to debating clients armed with AI-generated flowcharts, I’m left wondering: do I still want to be a programmer, or just someone explaining why the confident answer isn’t always the right one?

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2025 September

The Words of Ed Zitron, a PR person and writer.

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Big part of discussion around vibe coding revolves around pace of development while it was never a key constraint in succeeding with a product.

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2025 July

On the value of human-generated scientific writing in the age of large-language models.

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LLMs make it easier to write code, but understanding, reviewing, and maintaining it still takes time, trust, and good judgment.

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2025 May

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Anthropic says its Claude Opus 4 model frequently tries to blackmail software engineers when they try to take it offline.

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AI offers a tempting illusion to students&mdash;and evidently to some teachers.

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Cicero is a private, self-hosted AI assistant that combines robust capabilities with an unwavering commitment to user privacy and security.

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2025 April

The article explores the concept of techno-feudalism in comparison to traditional feudal systems, and highlights both the opportunities and challenges of tech platforms in current digital economy.

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2025 March

Many of us became software engineers because we found our identity in building things. Not managing things. Not overseeing things. Building things. With our own hands, our own minds, our own code. But that identity is being challenged. AI coding assistants aren’t just changing how we write software - they’re fundamentally transforming who we are. We’re shifting from creators to orchestrators, from builders to overseers. From engineers to something that looks suspiciously like… managers.

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2024 April

Complacency whilst the AI consumes

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