Everyone Is Marketing With AI, and Nobody Is Listening
Everyone uses AI to market their stuff now. It writes the cold emails, the LinkedIn posts and the ads. It even writes the comments under other people's posts.…
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OpenAI Codex Is Retiring the Last Model that Behaves Like an Assistant
I opened Codex CLI today and it showed me this notice: "GPT-5.5 retires on October 14, 2026. Switch to GPT-5.6 Sol to continue working in Codex." GPT-5.5 is…
Read articleThe Cost of AI Is Now My Main Blocker
My main blocker right now is the cost of AI. I use AI for everything I do and I am very productive with it. I am also deliberately…
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I pay for three Codex subscriptions at $200 each, and for the past week they have mostly bought me waiting. Since I switched from GPT-5.5 to GPT-5.6, I…
Read articleAI Can’t Do the Last 20%
I've built a lot of software, both my own side projects and client work as a freelancer. AI tools have made me much faster. Before AI, I spent…
Read articleSmall Teams Will Ship More Software Than They Can Maintain
Using Cursor and Claude, a 5-person engineering team can now build a billing webhook handler, a customer import tool, a Slack alert bot, an admin dashboard, a data…
Read articleThe AI Productivity Trap Is More Output
AI makes it dirt cheap to generate code, draft tickets, summarize meetings, and write proposals. But cheaper generation doesn't mean the work actually gets done any faster. More…
Read articleAI Tools Are Making Developers Stronger, Not Obsolete
There's a lot of discussion lately about whether AI and large language models (LLMs) will replace software engineers. While AI is certainly transforming how we work, the reality…
Read articleCopilot vs Cursor vs Cody vs Supermaven vs Aider
I used GitHub Copilot from early 2022 to mid 2024 and switched to Cursor at the beginning of 2024. I've tested Sourcegraph Cody and Supermaven along the way.…
Read articleSimple Text File Productivity System
Here's a straightforward, text file-based system to help you stay organized. Consistency is key. Stick with this system, and you'll find yourself more productive. The Setup You'll need…
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