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My obituary for programming
Jeremy Scheff poignantly captures the key loss caused by coding agents for career programmers who enjoyed the puzzle of developing code: Programming turned into one of the greatest jobs you …
Article ListenerWhat do I mean by some software devs are "ngmi"?
At "an oh fuck moment in time", I closed off the post with the following quote. N period on from now, software engineers who haven't adopted or started exploring software assistants, are frankly not gonna make it. Engineering organizations right now are split between employees who have had that
Article ListenerAn "oh fuck" moment in time
Over the Christmas break, I’ve been critically looking at my own software development loop, learning a new programming language, and re-learning a language I haven’t used professionally in over seven years. It's now 2025. Software assistants are now a core staple of my day-to-day
Article ListenerDear Student: Yes, AI is here, you're screwed unless you take action...
Two weeks ago a student anonymously emailed me asking for advice. This is the reply and if I was in your shoes this is what I'd do. So, I read your blog post "An oh f*** moment in time" alongside "The future belongs to idea guys that can just
Anthropic tells investors quarterly revenue up nearly 50% to $16.8bn ahead of IPO
The phrase "told investors" appears four times in this FT article, which reports on Anthropic's day of hosting investors on Wednesday. Lots of details in here from "people with knowledge …
Article ListenerA new feature for my blog, built using my voice
I shipped a new feature for my blog today: the Newsletters page, which offers an index of all of the newsletters I’ve sent out, both my free weekly Substack and …
Article ListenerVibe-Coded Browser Ports Of Games Work Perfectly, Unfortunately
Call of Duty: Black Ops, Halo: CE, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Skate 3 and many more titles have been decompiled and ported to web browsers overnight
Article ListenerThe 2D physics prototype behind GTA’s vehicles
The story of a 2D vehicle physics prototype created in 1996 and later remastered as Motion Lab.
Article ListenerJustin Searls @searls
People have been begging David to loosen his grip on Rails or even to walk away entirely for 20 years. Now that he's signaling interest in walking away, the same people are pissed as hell. Smart.
No Man Is an Island
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Namespace joins as a Distinguished Corporate Patron - Omarchy News
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