Why Learn Coding? Why Learn Anything?!
On Saturday, I proudly watched my daughter present three beautiful piano compositions, including Beethoven’s Für Elise. It is such a wonderful feeling to see a…
Antidote
Did AI ruin the Internet? Or was it us? There’s so much AI-made slop everywhere, from LinkedIn to YouTube, that people have started reading actual…
Unpopular Opinion
Too lazy to read? Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/1vyzimcPX1w?si=5UKiPFFcBSYmA3yq When I think back to the struggles I’ve had with junior and not-so-junior developers, I can…
How to Start Working on Hard Things (Works for Me, Might Work for You)
The video version is available on my YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/fXfNIITG3hw We procrastinate because our brain does its best to avoid doing hard things. It’s a…
GymGorilla Workout Tracker v2.0 Live!
GymGorilla 2.0 is live and available in 175 countries (so yeah, probably where you live). The version bump is justified—I’ve added a ton of new…
The Skill AI Can’t Replace
Today, every AI company CEO suggests that software development will soon be reduced to prompting. What they forget to tell you is one crucial thing:…
The AI Control Act of 2049 (A Tought Experiment)
July 1st, 2049 Two days after the cataclysm Governments worldwide reach an unprecedented consensus. Effective immediately, public access to all AI tools is revoked. A…
Happily Vibe-Coding Ourselves Into Extinction
Selling snake oil Just saw a CNBC video showing how Deirdre Bosa vibe-coded a “fully functional” app from a single prompt. At first glance, it…
Rest in peace, Scott Adams
Thank you for showing the true colors of corporate reality, and for making the fake, twisted ideology behind the cubicle world a little more bearable.…
What Bohumil Hrabal Taught Me About the Limits of Our Brain
Our brain is our main limitation. I create all my content with this reality in mind. The way we learn is actually quite simple: first,…