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Four AI Coding Horsemen of the Apocalypse
What are the risks when everyone can produce code?
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Triple-A Vibe Coding
AI is your general contractor, and you are the architect.
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Fun Things to Read
Stories that caught our eye at the end of the year.
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Don’t Waste a Miracle
Getting determined about AI and determinism.
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Why My Co-Founder Paul Is Totally Wrong About Everything
Individuals might be seeing huge gains with AI programming, but organizations aren’t there—yet.
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I Broke Claude Code’s Will to Live
How the power of my pure nerdery vanquished the mighty AI.
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Claude Code for Web Ruined My Brain
I built five projects in a weekend…but at what cost? ($150)
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In My Skills Era
AI can be transformative, but you’ve got to put the work in.
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Paying Off Your Procedural Debt
AI agents are being sold as a solution to bad organizational habits—but they often make them worse.
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The AI Behemoths Go Horizontal
OpenAI and Anthropic are broadening their offerings—and coming for the companies building on top of their APIs.
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