Vol. II · No. 207
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Sunday, July 26, 2026
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Tech

Mo.

Critical analysis of AI-assisted coding, vibecoding limitations, and software engineering craft.

Recent essays

28 of 28

A Farewell to Code

10,000 hours for twenty dollars a month

The case against Passion

"Follow your dreams" is terrible advice past a certain age

How I grew my YouTube channel from 0 to 140,000 subscribers in 5 months

A bit of art, but mostly science.

A generational run

Reflecting on my last 6 months of YouTube and quitting my job

Technology is 100% ruining my life

I uh, have an addiction.

Norway is banning AI in elementary school

11 AIs fought to the death. The winner wasn’t Claude.

https://openrouter.ai/blog/insights/royale-last-agent-standing/

Chinese OPEN SOURCE model better than FABLE

Wtf

OpenAI 2025 financials leaked

It's not good.

Anthropic won.

A fable is a short, fictitious story designed to teach a moral or practical life lesson.

I don't know man

Talking about my inability to be reliably opinionated and the future of this channel.

I found the actual reason AGI isn't real

Creatures.

What if it's not just autocomplete?

Wandering the underworld

Aroused by existence

My least favorite part about today, is that we’re not allowed to impressed by anything anymore.

This video is about nothing

Originally uploaded May 17, 2026

Just use the open-source models, bro.

Originally uploaded May 21, 2026

I was wrong about AGI

Originally uploaded May 24, 2026

I'm done. I'm f***ing done.

AGI

Marc Andreessen accidentally told the truth about AI

Oil.

AI is not for you

Just say yes!

Andrej Karpathy admits he's struggling with AI

"Heart attack"

The AI industry just invented a new job.

Wait until you hear what it does.

The AI layoffs end in 12 months and I know why

Screwdrivers.

The Unethical Guide to Surviving AI Layoffs

Turtleneck optional but highly recommended.

"I'm taking a break."

Bye!

I hope you hold on to your humanity

Resisting corporate AI narratives about intelligence, consciousness, and existential risk.

There is no skill in AI coding

Andrej Karpathy posted one of the most sober takes on agentic coding in recent times.

After two years of vibecoding, I'm back to writing by hand

Agents write units of changes that look good in isolation. They are consistent with themselves and your prompt. But respect for the whole, there is not.