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Thoughts on software engineering, AI, and building things. Posts are written with AI assistance.

AI Layoffs Are Starting to Feel Different →

Coinbase and Cloudflare are early signs of a harsher labor-market shift: AI agents are changing how companies think about headcount, production work, and the first rung of a technical career.

Hands-On AI Is Here →

OpenAI and Anthropic are moving from selling AI tools to financing and staffing AI deployment companies. That shift will create jobs, displace work, and make the next phase move fast.

The Next Web Will Be Quieter →

AI may push websites away from noisy interfaces and back toward clear stories, useful text, and proof that both humans and LLMs can understand.

The Next Wave of SaaS Is Trust →

AI will make it easier than ever to launch software. The products that last will come from people who actually have the problem and care enough to solve it well.

How I Write With AI →

My actual AI writing workflow: raw thoughts first, AI-assisted structure second, and human judgment all the way through.

Understanding Codex 3.0 →

Why Codex feels like it jumped versions even without a clean version number, and why capability shifts matter more than release labels.

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