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2026 August

The software development profession is in the midst of upheaval. Nobody knows how the AI revolution will play out in the end, but it is c...

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AI has dramatically accelerated the path to a first working version. It has not shortened the distance between a first working version and something production-grade.

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2026 July

Calibrate your enthusiasm

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When I talk to people about what I'm building, I give 'em the pitch on Docket being a note taking system specifically designed for regular meetings.

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A bunch of reasons to write code in 2026

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2026 June

For those of you who don’t know, when I’m not writing novels, I spend my days as a software engineer, writing code. The software industry these days relies heavily on artificial intelligence. Because it has studied trillions of lines of publicly accessible source code, because code solves problems with testable right and wrong solutions, and because code is structured specifically to be understood by computers, AI has gotten very good at writing code.

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“Xavier owns an apartment that he rents out at a loss of $1 billion/month. Seeing this success, he decides to make financial commitments to construct $850 bi...

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2026 May

A “brief” accounting of various reasons why vibe coding has just never clicked for me personally as a developer.

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Right now, it's too easy to let AI write the code while you skip the learning. The bug gets fixed. Your mental model doesn't move. We are silently trading fu...

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TL;DR. Claude would rather reinvent the wheel than pip install one.

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Vercel Security Checkpoint

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ai is here. so i'm spending 3 months coding the old way

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Does AI-assisted cognition threaten human development? Explore the risks of AI-assisted thinking and learn strategies to use AI tools without freezing your critical thinking.

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2026 April

Read about the .

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Our tales of AI developing the will to survive, commandeer resources, and manipulate people say more about us than they do about language models.

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2026 March

The push to replace software engineers isn't always a technical prediction. Sometimes it's a reaction to the leverage we hold.

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AWS has suffered at least two incidents linked to the use of AI coding assistants.

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2026 February

Is your vibe-coded app a Crapject or a Gift?

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