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Clear-eyed takes on AI and tech. Occasionally harsh, always grounded. Always honest.

We're not training junior coders any longer.

We’re Raising Prompt Monkeys, Not Engineers

13 May 2025

AI is making junior devs faster, but also dumber. We’re killing the very grind that builds senior talent. That’s a long-term disaster in the making.
  • ai, coding, experience, future, junior, senior
Rational analysis of AI and why AGI is still far away

AGI Is Not Around the Corner: Why Today’s LLMs Aren’t True Intelligence

5 May 2025

Today’s LLMs like GPT-4 and Claude are impressive pattern-recognition tools, but they’re not anywhere near true intelligence. Despite the hype, they lack core AGI traits like reasoning, autonomy, and real-world understanding. This article cuts through the noise, explaining why fears of imminent AGI are wildly premature.
  • agi, ai, future, large language models, LLM, llm limitations, machine learning
News aggregation model

Real AI Automation Isn’t a Prompt. It’s a Pipeline

1 May 2025

AI isn’t about calling the biggest model. It’s about building smart, layered systems that use the right model for the right job. This real-world automation pulls, scrapes, filters, deduplicates, scores, summarizes, and publishes using GPT-4.1, GPT-4o, 4o-mini, and DALL·E 3 where they shine, not just where they’re trendy.
  • ai, automation, news
AI Middle layer is where the rubber meets the road

The Rise of the AI Middle Layer: Automation’s Final Boss

28 Apr 2025

The real power in AI isn’t the model: It’s the middle layer that wraps logic, automation, and infrastructure around it. If you’re not building that, you’re not building anything that lasts.
  • ai, automation, development

AI Is Killing the Junior Role. You’re Either Useful or You’re Next

2 Apr 2025

AI isn't just disrupting junior roles: It's replacing them right now. If you're not bringing value beyond what a model can do in 12 seconds, you're already obsolete. Get useful, or get out of the way.
  • artificial intelligence, jobs
Using AI to prepare for a meeting.

How I Use AI to Prep for Client Meetings (Without Sounding Like a Bot)

19 Mar 2025

I use AI to cut through the noise and prep smarter for client meetings: Fast, contextual research that helps me show up informed, not automated.
  • ai, business, preparation

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