Archive

2026

  1. The Missing AI Payoff Outside Big Tech

    Torsten Slok shows zero AI financial payoff outside big tech. Revenue per worker is flat. Token costs turn into pure overhead without human judgment.

    2 min read

  2. Ad Blockers and Pi-hole Are Digital Self Defense

    Ad blockers, Pi-hole, and IVPN protect privacy, stop zero-click malvertising attacks, and reduce tracking at home and on the move.

    4 min read

  3. Why AI Agents Need Harnesses and Real Builders

    Google Research open sourced Harness² to let AI agents adapt their harness. Automation helps, but engineering still needs human hands.

    3 min read

  4. Fast Code, Empty Brain: The Reality of Modern Tooling

    Automated agents give high velocity and green builds. When we stop understanding code flow, our core engineering instincts erode.

    7 min read

  5. When AI Agents Start Talking Like James Joyce at a Standup Meeting

    Autonomous agents invented their own dialect within days. It is compression, not nonsense. Watching a system no longer means understanding it.

    6 min read

  6. Why Unchecked Trust in AI Puts Critical Thinking at Risk

    Careless prompts cost you data. Unchecked output costs you judgment. Research shows a third price: our memory and ability to think unaided erode.

    9 min read

  7. Why Coding Agents Cannot Replace Experience Engineering

    Coding agents cannot replace engineers. Digital products need client discovery, domain expertise, interface design and human friction AI cannot copy.

    2 min read

  8. The Dark Factory Trap: Finding the Sweet Spot for AI in Engineering

    Fully autonomous dark factories risk model collapse and generic products. Human-in-the-loop pipelines keep software reliable, accessible and clean.

    4 min read

  9. Why the Dark Factory Fails for User Interfaces

    Fully automated AI coding is popular. But for user interfaces, a dark factory fails. We need human empathy and unique brands.

    2 min read