Actually, Hacks are Bad

If I may — a “hack” is not a good thing. At their best, hacks are clever, temporary exploits that get you where you need for the time being, or if you’re a criminal, a way to bypass security that (by definition) you aren’t supposed to be bypassing. Most hacks are just crappy, lazy, unrealistic […]

Rage as a Service

Trolling people is easier than being funny or clever. This is not a new challenge, but here we are, once again pretending that failing at it is a tactic and not a weakness. “Some advertising and marketing agencies are now intentionally leaning into the volatility of the current political climate, not to take a stand […]

Accountablli-Buddy

My Theory of Productivity Allow me a theory. I probably didn’t invent this, but if I did, bully for me. Work output, when increased beyond the amount of available accountability, without a matching increase the available accountability, will never generate a lasting increase in productivity. Here’s what I mean by all these terms. Work output […]

Sure, Jan

The story of 2025 continues to be — never concede anything. Just stare ahead as you plow into the merge and the other guy will yield. In that spirit, here’s Sam Altman, turning up the music and accelerating as he rapidly approaches the oncoming produce truck of reality. As if this wasn’t hand-wavy enough, keep […]

Incredulity

Every day, there are many things I don’t do because I think they are fundamentally wrong. Some of those things might get me something I want, or closer to something I want, or away from something I don’t want to do, but I find them wrong so I don’t do them. This does not make […]

Real-World Vibe Coding

It’s been a couple years since I took my first look at generative AI and concluded that the most likely use case for this kind of technology, by far, was “better” spam. Since then, despite all the activity, investment, discussion, and model releases, nothing has really fundamentally changed my mind about that. While image generation […]