What Is a Software Engineer Now?
I left my home town of Vadodara almost 30 years ago. While it still feels like home, the city has changed - it has grown, it has become more chaotic, it has
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Rest in Git, Little Buddy
Yesterday I said goodbye to a companion of the last seven months. It was bittersweet, and also a bit of a relief.
Read essayWhen AI Agents Go Rogue
As I write this post, my kids are splashing around in a swimming pool. I am squinting at this iPad balanced precariously on a deck chair in the bright
Read essayIs Software Engineering Still a Viable Career?
Choosing software engineering as a career might seem reckless at a time when AI can write most of your code and agents are running wild hacking companies.
Read essayThe Frontier Model Tax
Last week I attempted to solve a thorny political and economic issue by running a small experiment. It involved LLMs, about $20, and the results made me think
Read essayThe Box Might Not Hold
It's been quite the week. A pair of OpenAI models broke out of their test environment and hacked Hugging Face. It felt like the right time to revisit a
Read essayThe Toyota Tundra and Chinese AI
I noticed something weird when I visited the UK last year. Almost silent cars with unfamiliar names like BYD, Omoda and MG gliding along the high streets.
Read essayCollaboration Agents and the Statistical Engine of Mediocrity
A year ago, while tightening up a blog post together, Claude got sassy with me: "LLMs are statistical engines of mediocrity by design." It was describing
Read essayUnlimited Intelligence, More Drudgery
I went into the July 4th weekend exhausted. It was the culmination of travel, client deadlines, multiple parallel initiatives. I have also been quiet here on
Read essayApple’s Deliberate AI Strategy
I am excited about a new iOS release for the first time in five years. It looks like we may finally get a Siri that works and can use my data, stored on my
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