Eric Schmidt says the 10x advantage is no longer execution. It is defining what counts as success. A programmer writes a spec and an evaluation function, runs it at 7pm, and wakes up to what was invented overnight. The advantage now belongs to whoever can specify the problem

men in their 40s used to have cool midlife crisis but now they just have agentic workflows

Sound on 🔊

My 2025 vs 2026 AI stacks: - Research: ChatGPT > Gemini - Building apps: Replit > Claude Code - Creating websites: Lovable > Google Antigravity - Learning skills: Coursera > NotebookLM - Image generation: Midjourney > Nano Banana

"Make no mistakes DO NOT HALLUCINATE. YOU ARE AN EXPERT SOFTWARE ENGINEER"

You can learn anything in 2 weeks. You can't master it, obviously, but if you obsess over it, you can become better at it than most people ever will. You'd be surprised how fast your life can change when you understand this.

The biggest leverage in using AI is turning How into When. Any other use is a waste of your time.

I find AI coding endlessly fascinating I freaking love this new world

Yes. Most of the programmers I know are having the time of their lives. They have literally never had this much fun with computers before now. There is a minority that is wringing their hands and feeling miserable. I do not understand them.

MCP vs RAG vs AI Agents To understand modern AI systems, you need to understand how these three pieces fit together. 𝗥𝗔𝗚 = “𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀” RAG retrieves relevant data, injects it into the prompt, and generates a grounded response.

How Agentic RAG Works?

If you want to get better at system design and scaling apps, read these blog posts from big tech companies (Netflix, Uber, Stripe, OpenAI, Airbnb, Dropbox..): (links below) ↓

every instance of claude has a different personality - sometimes it's enthusiastic - sometimes it's dissmissive - sometimes it's retarded - sometimes it's a god this is the strangest piece of technology ever

It's crazy how people think giving 30-60% of all the money they earn to the government is acceptable.

EZ Smith WordPress like PHP will never die.

Robin Williams pranking Al Pacino at the premiere of INSOMNIA.

Stop logging raw text

i honestly miss writing code pre-ai but there's also no fucking way i'm going back

It takes a lot more than you think and a lot less than what you’re afraid of.