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remysharp.com

Do politics belong at web events?

Nothing is free of politics in this era as it does indeed impact nearly everything we do.

charliedeets.com

Simple design

What value is simple design really providing me and my work?

culture.ghost.io

The age of the double sell-out

How we moved from a deep suspicion of commerce to an entire generation of creators who leverage the commercial market… to do even more commerce.

seangoedecke.com

Why are big tech companies so slow?

Big tech companies spend a lot of time and money building things that a single, motivated engineer could build in a weekend. But why?

darioamodei.com

The urgency of interpretability

Understanding the inner workings of AI systems—before models reach an overwhelming level of power.

terriblesoftware.org

The hidden cost of AI coding

AI coding tools boost productivity but may sacrifice the deep satisfaction developers experience when writing code by hand. What are we losing?

koomen.dev

AI horseless carriages

Why most AI features feel tacked-on and useless, even counter-productive.

cekrem.github.io

Coding as craft: going back to the old gym

Why ‘reflexive AI usage’ sounds like a diagnosis I don’t want next to my name.

benkuhn.net

Impact, agency, and taste

Without taste, you’re likely to work toward the wrong thing. Without agency, even if you work toward the right thing, you’re likely to get nowhere.

uxdesign.cc

Everything’s a vibe: is it progress or just an illusion?

In a world where feeling productive replaces thinking deeply, are we innovating or just vibing our way into deceptive flow?

joshwcomeau.com

The post-developer era

A fresh look at the current LLM landscape, to see how things have changed, and to see if we can anticipate how things will continue to evolve.

christianheilmann.com

The rise of model fatigue

Yet another AI model is being released by Company XYZ that will be a “game changer” and “leaves the others in the dust”.

vitalik.eth.limo

Why I support privacy

Whoever has the information has the power, ergo we need to avoid centralized control over information.

hvpandya.com

How to hire

A more scalable way to access unproven talent before anyone else.

kenneth.io

No code is dead — long live vibe coding

No-code didn’t replace code or traditional programming. It didn’t even come close.

hidde.blog

Is “ethical AI” an oxymoron?

The current wave of generative AI has unpleasant side effects: large-scale copyright infringements, environmental impact and bias.

taylor.town

Be the node you want to see in the network

Within a network, individuals exercise discretion; the sum of rational decisions determine the fate of the network.

joshcollinsworth.com

The blissful zen of a good side project

One of life’s greatest simple pleasures is creating something just for yourself.

linear.app

Design for the AI age

For decades, interfaces have guided users along predefined roads. Think files, folders, buttons, menus, screens, flows. That changes with AI and LLMs.

freethink.com

The artifact isn’t the art

ChatGPT’s Studio Ghibli imitations invite questions about the creative value of people and what we really mean when we talk about creativity.