AI Makes the Easy Part Easier and the Hard Part Harder for Developers
AI handles writing code but leaves the hard work: investigation, context, validation. Why vibe coding has limits and AI assistance can backfire.
(AI) Slop Terrifies Me – ezhik.jp
What if this is as good as software is ever going to be? What if AI stops getting better and what if people stop caring?
You're using AI to be more productive. So why are you more exhausted than ever? The paradox every engineer needs to confront.
I Am Happier Writing Code by Hand
I felt the familiar feeling of depression and lethargy creep in while my eyes darted from watching claude-code work and my phone. “What’s the point of it all?” I thought, LLMs can generate decent-ish and correct-ish looking code while I have more time to do wh…
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GitHub - localgpt-app/localgpt
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Oatmeal - Constraint propagation for fun
I’ve been playing the very good Squeakross this weekend. It is adorable and the aesthetics are absolutely immaculate, but I’ve found the actual
Large tech companies don't need heroes
Large tech companies operate via systems. What that means is that the main outcomes - up to and including the overall success or failure of the company - are driven by a complex network of processes and incentives. These systems are outside the control of any …
Thouhgts on the impact of AI and LLMS on the work of Software Engineers
I’ve been passionate about writing “Good Code™” since before I started my career, beginning way back when I was still a kid in middle school.
Why lies can be more informative than truth
Last week I started using some of the new coding agents properly. Not in a careful, experimental way, but properly -- for three days on rqlite. Claude Code. Copilot CLI. Tools I had yet to fully integrate into how I write software. If you know the Star Trek ep…
Your Best Thinking Is Wasted on the Wrong Decisions - Ian Duncan
Some engineering decisions punish you for being wrong. Most don't. Learning to tell the difference and calibrate your deliberation accordingly might be the most valuable skill your team never explicitly develops.
What I haven't figured out
JavaScript, math, maps, etc
The way that I've used AI for coding has changed drastically over the last year. In fact, the rate at which it is changing is probably the most drastic element of it – I can't recall any time since my first year of college, twenty years ago, that I've experi…
How I squeezed a BERT sentiment analyzer into 1GB RAM on a $5 VPS
How to fit a transformer model into a low-memory VPS using Dynamic Quantization and ONNX Runtime.