LLMs don't think outside the box.
Working with Claude Code on Golang feels straightforward. The code cannot be written in multiple ways; everything feels like writing pseudocode, at least while building an API server with Go. The…
Agentic Engineering is All About Change Management
On autonomy, disruption, and the ancient art of leading systems through transformation Change management is the structured process of helping people, teams, and organizations move from a current way…
A $100 gift card could be legit. A $1000 is obviously a Scam. What should scammers do?
If I get an email offering me a $1000 for I DON"T KNOW SINCE I ignore it and don't even bother looking for other signs it is a scam. If I get an email offering me $100 I may look more carefully and…
A Moment of Contention I Had with ClaudeAI and a Senior Software Engineer
By no means at all am I critical of the AI movement that our country is realizing right now but I very much wanted to share this story that I experienced a couple of weeks ago. I have to admit that…
Large Language Models and Intelligent Tutoring Systems: Conflicting Paradigms and Possible Solutions
I have a new chapter out, co-authored with Danielle McNamara, Gregory Goodwin, and Diego Zapata-Rivera, in the latest volume of Design Recommendations for Intelligent Tutoring Systems (Volume 12:…
Design-First Collaboration
I've heard the term cognitive debt being bandied about. Having to deal with larger PRs, especially with a good deal of AI-generated code can be taxing. This, I believe, is why reviewing AI-generated…
A theory of LLM output and negativity
One way to tell you're reading LLM output is that it doesn't really go anywhere. There might be a string of observations, and part of it might read as a conclusion, but there's unlikely to be a…
Using AI to edit and polish posts
I use Grammarly to correct typos, grammar mistakes, and sometimes some style issues. I’ve been using Grammarly for years, as I have a paid account through work. Since Grammarly doesn’t…
AI terminology of the week, circa Mar 2026
Terms Related to AI and AgentsA/B TestingAGI (Artificial General Intelligence)AGI AccelerationAI AcceleratorsAI AffordancesAI Cognitive PatternAI Cognitive SpiritAI Command PaletteAI CompanionAI…
This Week in Snark: OpenAI Hiring Sprees, AI Blogs Replacing You, and Jensen Huang Ascending to Godhood
AI is writing blogs, NVIDIA is deciding winners, and OpenAI is hiring like crazy—this week in tech proves the future isn’t coming, it’s already replacing you.
World Water Day emergency
In the USA, Utah’s scarce wetlands are facing new pressures: inland ports and data centers Microsoft builds water-thirsty data centers in Medina County, San Antonio, near Medina Lake, which has…
what Claude thought
Prompt: 12:01 p.m. {t.j.p.n}, Saturday, March 21st, 2026. Was in conversation with Number 2 for the past hour and half, Claude. This is what resulted:…
I am cooking again
I am back to software development. And it is all thanks to AI code assistants.
90% of google search ai summaries feel like this guy leaning uncomfortably over your shoulder and…
90% of google search ai summaries feel like this guy leaning uncomfortably over your shoulder and pointing at stuff on your screen reading out the exact same text you’re already looking at
Mac Power Users 841: Robot Assistant Field Guide
This week on Mac Power Users, Stephen and I go deep on the robot assistant system I’ve been building with Claude Cowork. We cover the whole journey — from why chatbots never quite delivered on…
The sweet spot of models and humans
Sweet Spot A couple of months ago, my task was to test the model and find its sweet spot. The sweet spot of the model lies somewhere between hallucination (for example, something overly distorted and…
Some Thoughts on AI
This represents my thoughts today. They’re different from what I thought a year ago. They’re different from what I’ll think in a year. Let people change their minds. AI water usage is overblown. If…
Vibe-driven model-based engineering: when low-code and AI had a son
We discuss different ways to combine the benefits of deterministic low-code development with the flexibility of AI and vibe coding
The Performance Of Intelligence
Geopolitical events like war invite every kind of opinion. They invite every kind of participant. There is a war of information, especially on social media, but really everywhere you go. Everyone…
Why I am leaving the AI party after one drink
I tried it, I don’t like it. Some thoughts about using Claude Code for a project idea and why I uninstalled it after just two weeks…
going in the mail: letter to ASBO on AI
I sent the following handwritten letter to the ASBO International Executive Director today. March 22, 2026 Dear Mr. Rowan, I had every intention of responding to your invitation to “join the AI user…
Postmodern Prometheus
Julie Beck: This is a major transformation, a sudden and dramatic shift in which millions of people are seeking companionship from machines that they formerly could have gotten only from other…
Why AI systems don't learn and what to do about it: Lessons on autonomous learning from cognitive science [A paper review]
Paper Review: Why AI Systems Don’t Learn — and What to Do About It This paper by Emmanuel Dupoux, Yann LeCun, and Jitendra Malik argues that despite the success of modern machine learning, current AI…
Distilled Weekly — Mar 16 - Mar 22, 2026
Hey everyone! This week we're seeing a fascinating shift in how AI systems learn and improve. We've got papers on models that game their evaluators, learn by matching "vibes"…
Context Pollution
I ran an experiment to test whether conversational context contaminates AI writing output. The results were obvious — except for one.
True/False Film Festival 2026: Time Travel
So many of the movies I saw at this year's True/False Film Festival were concerned with human perceptions of time, memory, and legacy. In a world where reality is warped by fascism and generative AI,…
What Are Claude Skills and Why Should You Care?
This is Part 1 of a 3-part series on building skills for Claude. If you’ve ever wished Claude could just remember how you like things done, this series is for you.
The tools of an Agentic Engineer
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Clickbait Titles Exploit Attention Through Latent Entities
Every clickbait title works the same way: it removes exactly one critical variable: the subject, the reason, the process, or the outcome, and charges you a click to fill the blank. This missing…
(not) writing about AI
Earlier today, I read a post on another blog ( hating on AI writing ), and then the NYT article linked in that post . Both were interesting reads, and my reaction was something you'd call hagedō in…
The next evolution of AI user interfaces
Some thoughts on UI2
Novel pedagogy
So, uma atual discussão com o Karpathy e a leitura agora do livro Pedagogical Anthropology. Fiquei pensando. How my boy can thrive in this world? Karpathy says really insightful statements. Like,…
The Reason AI Is Not Delivering Is Not the Tools. It's Everything Around Them. And Research Is No Exception.
The tech industry spent over $700 billion on AI so far. A 2026 NBER study then asked 6,000 executives across four countries whether any of it moved the needle. 89% said no productivity boost. 90%…
Toward a Critical Agentic Systems Design Practice
For designers, who will choose for themselves and for the rest of us. 💡Nerd Rating: 3/5. Remarks prepared for the "From Interface to Agency: A New Discourse for Design and AI"…
Almost Timely News: 🗞️ The Five Levels of AI Enablement (2026-03-22)
_Almost Timely News: 🗞️ The Five Levels of AI Enablement (2026-03-22) :: View in Browser_ The Big Plug 👉 I've got a new course! GEO 101 for Marketers. 👉 Just updated! The Unofficial LinkedIn…
Resistance as a Framework for Combating Cognitive Offload
This post discusses the necessity of resistance in using AI for education, comparing it to physical training. While generative AI can lead to cognitive laziness, integrating resistance can help…
AttentionVC Daily Hot - 2026-03-23
Daily curated trending articles from AttentionVC.ai covering AI, Crypto, and Tech with deep analysis and insights.
How Claude Code Works - Deep Dive
Comprehensive guide to Claude Code's agent loop architecture, tool system, session management, and best practices for developers
OpenClaw Demystified: A Practical Guide (March 2026)
It’s been less than five months since Austrian developer Peter Steinberger pushed a weekend project called “WhatsApp Relay” to GitHub. Since then, that project — renamed from…
White House Policy for AI - Buying the status quo
The status quo is what the AI industry wants, and it is bought and paid for.
What Coding Agent Should You Use?
I get asked this a lot. The short answer: use a terminal agent over an IDE-based one.
More Everything Forever by Adam Becker (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)
More Everything Forever is an essential read for the modern, tech-empowered dystopia we find ourselves in. Adam Becker methodically examines and destroys the pseudo-religious nonsense of modern tech…
BUSSOLE NELLA TEMPESTA
Se facciamo disegnare la rotta solo all'Intelligenza Artificiale rischiamo di finire tutti nello stesso posto, a volte contro gli scogli.
Which AI Calculates Taxes Correctly?
Whether AI can calculate taxes correctly depends on the complexity. An online tax calculator is faster and more accurate if you know which one to use. Learn the Nuts and Bolts I put everything I use…
Suggesting we translate AI Tokens as 'Ai-Xin': There’s really no difference between this and 'Duanxin' (SMS), 'Caixin' (MMS), 'Weixin' (WeChat), or 'Feixin' (Fetion)
By comparing the SMS and MMS billing models of mobile communications from 20 years ago, this article provides an in-depth analysis of the monthly subscription and pay-as-you-go logic of current…
Jira to AI Agents: From Project Management Tool to Project Knowledge Architecture
TL;DR: Jira to AI Agents Jira was named after Godzilla and built to track bugs. It became the default agile tool because it satisfied a deeply human desire: controlling work by putting it in boxes…
How We Built AI Embeddings That Work in 200+ Languages Without Breaking the Bank
The Embedding Model That Actually Speaks Your LanguageTL;DR — A new family of embedding models covers 200+ languages (including underserved ones) in 8 different sizes, beats current leaders on…
Corporate Claws
At NVIDIA GTC, after calling OpenClaw the most successful open-source project in history, Jensen Huang said that every single enterprise company and every single software company in the world needs…
The Trinary Collapse: BitNet, CPU Revival, and Pipulate's Forever Machine AI
This piece eloquently articulates the profound shift happening in local AI, driven by BitNet's efficiency and framed within a reproducible Nix environment. It lays out a clear philosophical and…