· 3 min read #259
So I Will Never Write Code Again
I've been coding for 25 years. Since January, I haven't written a single line. And it feels like relief.
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· 4 min read #260
Agent-Written Code Needs More Than Git
The former GitHub CEO just raised $60M to rebuild developer tooling for the agentic era. He might be right that git needs a rethink — I've been hacking around the same problems.
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· 3 min read #258
The Pre-AI Timestamp
In a few years, the only proof something is real will be that it existed before AI did.
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2024
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