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March 6, 2026

About That Scary AI Graphic That's Been Going Around

There’s a graphic making the rounds right now. You’ve probably seen it. It’s a radar chart showing the difference between what AI theoretically could do across various job categories versus...

March 3, 2026

We Don't Know What's Out There

The astronauts who circled the moon in 1968 could still see Earth. They were farther from home than anyone had ever been, but when they looked back, there it was...

February 28, 2026

Nothing Worth Remembering

We don’t build cathedrals anymore. Do we even know how? Think about the great cathedrals of Europe. Notre-Dame took nearly 200 years to complete. The Sagrada Família in Barcelona has...

January 5, 2026

Opus 4.5 is going to change everything

Edit: A lot of folks have been asking what worfklows I used to write these apps. I used GitHub Copilot in VS Code with a custom agent prompt that you’ll...

July 23, 2025

Introducing Beast Mode 3.1

Beast Mode 3.1 is here. What is Beast Mode? Great question! It is a custom chat mode for VS Code that turns your agent into a Beast. 👉 Get Beast...