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I’m tracking results of 2026 Predictions [1] more open source, less open contribution # [2] - 2026 is not the year to build hardware # [3] Agents will overwork us # [4] The AI Vampire This was an unusually hard post to write, because it flies in the face of everything else going on. Medium · steve-yegge.medium.com [5] 2026 is to ai as 2012 was for js frameworks # [6] References: [1]: /2026-predictions/ [2]: #more-open-source-less-open-contribution [3]: #2026-is-not-the-year-to-build-hardware [4]: #agents-will-overwork-us [5]: https://steve-yegge.medium.com/the-ai-vampire-eda6e4f07163 [6]: #2026-is-to-ai-as-2012-was-for-js-frameworks

Hyrum’s Law [1] # [2] Any implementation detail in your software will become depended on whether you like it or not. References: [1]: https://www.hyrumslaw.com/ [2]: #hyrums-lawhttpswwwhyrumslawcom

Intro paragraph with ordinary strong, ordinary emphasis, ordinary highlight, ordinary code, a normal link [1], and deleted text. Build good places for interesting people. Make room for the weird idea. # [2] Some normal paragraph text between headings. Build a personal web that feels ^yours^. # [3] More ordinary prose. Follow the small web [1], not the cr^owd^. # [4] Make a perfect memorable site. # [5] Leave space for **strange little ideas.** # [6] Sometimes the obvious answer weird answer is the interesting one. # [7] A good theme makes quiet words, technical words, and loud words belong together. # [8] A highlighted phrase can be long enough to wrap onto another line and test the highlight background. # [9] Make a small corner of the web [1] that feels like yours. # [10] Chemistry should still work: H2O and x^2^ # [11] Keyboard syntax should still work: Ctrl+C # [12] References: [1]: https://waylonwalker.com [2]: #make-room-for-the-weird-idea [3]: #build-a-personal...

When ai tells you “this is 6-8 focused prs” do you ignore, chuckle, laugh. Ya in your training data it might be. by hand it probably was, but realistically I’m going to shove 3 of these at this level into one pr regret my choices later. Decades of pr data no longer makes sense # [1] Introduced on February 23rd 2008 in their 3rd blog post [2]. via [3] References: [1]: #decades-of-pr-data-no-longer-makes-sense [2]: https://github.com/blog/3-oh-yeah-there-s-pull-requests-now [3]: https://johnbarton.co/posts/happy-tenth-birthday-pull-requests/

GREAT # [1] - measured: 2.7in x 3.85in x 1.425in - calculated: 68.58mm x 97.79mm x 36.195mm - measured.64in radius - calculated: 16.256mm radius - measured: .115in wall thickness - calculated: 2.921mm wall thickness PITA # [2] - measured: 2.315in x 3.55in x .985in - calculated: 58.8mm x 90.17mm x 25mm - sharp corner MINE # [3] - 68mm x 98mm x 36mm - 16mm radius - 3mm wall 3 wide = 683 + 34 = 216mm 2 wise 1 tall = 682 + 98 + 34 = 246mm References: [1]: #great [2]: #pita [3]: #mine

As we have bigger and better ai tooling that continues to rise up in its capabilities month over month, theres a common question that pops up. Are Juniors cooked. Honestly I don’t think they are. I think we will still have unicorns that really dive in and understand deeply the code. I think the John Carmacks of the world are going to be fewer than before, but they will be found as we need them. As more [1] and more [2] and more [3] and more [4] and more [5] tech layoffs happen throughout 2026 get blamed on AI. I become concerned for our industry. how References: [1]: https://qz.com/oracle-layoffs-ai-workforce-cuts-062326 [2]: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-02-26/block-to-cut-more-than-4-000-jobs-as-latest-tech-company-to-announce-major-layoffs [3]: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-layoffs-corporate-jan-2026 [4]: https://blog.cloudflare.com/building-for-the-future/ [5]: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/technology/meta-layoffs-ai.html

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🌱 This post is still growing b249c794-9411-42c0-be01-07922c3e98da.mp4 [1] a scroll through of https://github.com/WaylonWalker/markata-go/pull/1021 References: [1]: https://dropper.wayl.one/file/b249c794-9411-42c0-be01-07922c3e98da.mp4

🌱 This post is still growing Late last year I started writing I'm Out On Agents [1]. Agents sucked, the models were good, but there was still something missing between the harnesses and the models. They could write good code, they could do some debugging and exploring, but they were too good at fucking up the whole project to be useful. They could crank out Green Field POC’s like nobody’s business, but they created so much mess in brown field projects that it was easier to chat and edit yourself. f91a8893-b1ba-422a-9390-18de5034483c.mp4 [2] The Beautiful Glitch - Gemini The Inflection Point # [3] It’s very well agreed on that the inflection point for most people happened with Anthropic Opus 4.5 in late Nov 2025. Early adopters probably noticed right away and shouted from the rooftops how good it was. But we’ve all heard that developers have 6 months before ai writes all the code for years, so this felt like the rest of the noise. Hitting the December slowdown many of us hit cod...

I’ve been thinking about this for awhile, the AI wars are so much worse and burnout prone than the framework wars of the 2010’s. I remember really starting my professional programming journey during the framework wars. It was a time when there were new and exciting js things every single month. Frameworks and meta frameworks came and went, the ones that lasted changed best practices yearly or so, often flip flopping on technique. I was deep in python and data engineering at the time and only experienced it adjacently. I was into webdev. I did a bit of react, gastby, vue, gave all the big ones a try in a demo level.

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Session ID: ses_3444b09b1ffeXTEr3ELFg5qqtg Created: 3/4/2026, 7:55:24 PM Updated: 3/4/2026, 8:52:32 PM --- User # [1] I want to spec out a cli for tmux session switching in go. - responsive to terminal size - works in tmux popup - shows list of tmux sessions with favorites pinned at the top keymap - j/k arrow navigation - tab to switch sections - asdfqwertzxcvb to pick a session (letter listed next to the session) - space to select a session, then arrows j/k move that session up in priority and hotkey letter --- Assistant (Build · gpt-5.3-codex · 2.4s) # [2] Thinking: Initiating brainstorming skill load Tool: skill Input: { "name": "brainstorming" } Output: <skill_content name="brainstorming"> # Skill: brainstorming # Brainstorming Ideas Into Designs ## Overview Help turn ideas into fully formed designs and specs through natural collaborative dialogue. Start by understanding the current project context, then ask questions one at a time to refine the idea. Onc...

Ansible Vault keeps secrets out of sight, but the ciphertext changes on every encrypt. That turns Git [1] diffs into noise and makes it hard to tell if anything actually changed. Decrypting, editing, and re-encrypting often leaves uncertainty about whether any plaintext changed. This is amplified when secret repos are tightly coupled to dependent repositories. A typical cycle includes decrypting, adding a key, updating a value, applying changes, and returning later with little clarity about what changed while secrets were in plaintext. Today a new workflow was created with @gpt-5.2-codex to keep diffs clean and avoid re-encrypting when the plaintext is identical. [2]Waylon Walker This repo has ansible vaulted secrets and an encrypt/decrypt process, but no way to compare. Please research compare options. The goal is to avoid changing files on encrypt/decrypt when plaintext is unchanged, ideally by comparing decrypted content and reusing the remote encrypted file. @gpt-5.2-codex ...

I don’t know if you know this, but the web is a beautiful platform that allows you the freedom to create things and put them out there. Its not tied to four major platforms. You don’t have to post your thoughts, ideas, and apps to a platform, you can just make it. This is a beautiful thing that seems to have been forgotten. I was inspired this morning from @scotthanselman’s tinytooltown [1]. Looking through all of the tiny tools that people have built for themself, as personal software, not answering to anyone but themself, it was inspiring. Agents have gotten a lot better, like seriously better. The ai bros that were ai pilled too early that said SWE is over in six months called it too early. It wasn’t time. Now since Nov 2025 we have had agents that can do some damn work. Proving the point some of the greatest devs I’ve ever looked up to have not written a line of code since. Not hype bros or someone not good at the craft, but seriously good devs leaning on it full time. AI hype...