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Field notes on training, eval, inference, and the failure modes nobody puts in the docs.

  1. 003

    7 min #code-craft #ai #essays

    Code learned craft from architecture. Now it's learning the assembly line. We already know how it ends.

    Software borrowed 'design patterns' from a building architect. Architecture's next chapter was industrialization — and it tells us what AI is doing to code.

  2. 002

    8 min #ai-economics #dev-careers #essays

    AI is increasing developer demand — and breaking the junior pipeline Both are true.

    AI is increasing developer demand, not shrinking it — but the grunt work it automates first is how juniors became seniors. Both stories are one.

  3. 001

    6 min #ai-economics #essays

    Why the best AI model isn't for sale

    Anthropic shipped Mythos, a frontier security model, then refused to sell it. The official reason is 'too dangerous.' Follow the money for the second story.