Productivity
Verschlimmbesserung: When Software Updates Make Things Worse
Why modern software updates keep breaking good features and cramming unwanted AI tools, and how we can regain control of our digital tools.
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Small Models Have Arrived: The Engine of Consumer AI
Frontier models get the headlines, but hyper-efficient small models are fixing unit economics and driving real-world AI software adoption.
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Why the Smartest AI Models Are Struggling to Sell
Frontier AI models cost 10x more for a tiny performance gain. Discover why enterprises are shifting toward model routing and cheaper LLMs.
AI
Why Small Software Teams No Longer Exist
Even solo developers now manage the complexity and output of large engineering orgs. Here is why the definition of a small team has changed forever.
AI
AI;DR: The Absurdity of AI Writing for AI to Read
Explore AI;DR (AI; Didn't Read), the wasteful loop of generating verbose AI content only for recipients to summarize it with AI.
AI
AI Benchmark Saturation: Why 99% Scores Mean Less
As AI models hit 90%+ on popular benchmarks, static tests are losing meaning. Here is why benchmark saturation is forcing a reality check for AI evaluation.
AI
Why Autonomous AI Startups Still Fail: Lessons From GPT-5.6
Giving LLMs full control of a business leads to spam, hallucinations, and lost money. Here is why autonomous AI companies are still a fantasy.
AI
ChatGPT Ads: The End of the Impartial AI Assistant?
OpenAI is bringing ads to ChatGPT. Explore why the massive costs of AI made this inevitable, and how sponsored responses could shatter our trust in chatbots.
AI Agents
Jacquard and the Rise of AI-Written, Human-Reviewed Code
For decades, programming languages were designed for humans to write. Jacquard flips the script: it's an experimental language optimized for AI to write and…