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localghost.dev

Stop generating, start thinking

Instead of wanting to learn and improve as humans, and build better software, we’ve outsourced our mistakes to an unthinking algorithm.

evjang.com

As rocks may think

Whenever logical processes of thought are employed there is an opportunity for the machine.

maggieappleton.com

Gas Town’s agent patterns, design bottlenecks, and vibecoding at scale

On agent orchestration patterns, why design and critical thinking are the new bottlenecks, and whether we should let go of looking at code.

codegood.co

The context collapse problem

AI coding tools amplify whatever they can access. In codebases where institutional knowledge lives in engineers’ heads only, AI amplifies nothing.

thoughtfuleng.substack.com

Junior developers in the Age of AI

Companies are ditching junior engineers en masse. They’ll tell you it’s because AI writes better code. They’re right...but also missing the point.

dri.es

Software as clay on the wheel

You're shaping the code or text the way a potter shapes clay: push a little, spin the wheel, look, push again.

veen.com

On coding agents and the future of design

How Claude Code is showing us what apps may become.

tante.cc

Software as fast fashion

Clothes have never been cheaper. Same thing is happening with software.

addyosmani.com

21 lessons from 14 years at Google

Lessons learned from 14 years of engineering at Google, focusing on what truly matters beyond just writing great code.

bit.ly

Vibe Coding Camp: build real products with AISponsored

A hands-on program for designers and PMs who want to actually build—using Cursor, Supabase, Vercel, and AI-first workflows.

chrisloy.dev

The rise of industrial software

AI coding is making available paths of production which are cheaper, faster, and increasingly disconnected from the expertise of humans.

world.hey.com

Back to the starting line

Programming with AI is still in its infancy, and yet it has already redefined what programming will be about in the immediate future.

balajmarius.com

Vibe coding a bookshelf with Claude Code

A side project that went viral on Hacker News recently.

laike9m.com

Avoid mini-frameworks

One pattern comes along again and again, causing endless pain for developers, that is, creating mini-frameworks.

piccalil.li

Programming principles for self taught front-end developers

The majority of us are a bunch of self taught people with rather spotty knowledge and that’s fine. What's missing?

lucumr.pocoo.org

A year of vibes

A personal recap of 2025 and a year of a new style of engineering.

linear.app

Design is more than code

Design as a search, not a pipeline. How tools carry opinions, and how those opinions shape what feels “reasonable” to attempt.

ivan.codes

The art of vibe design

The distance between "I want this" and "this exists" was measured in weeks, budgets, and expertise you didn't have.

lethain.com

Facilitating AI adoption at Imprint

A side-quest for every engineering leader in the current era.

terriblesoftware.org

AI can write your code; It can’t do your job

The companies building AI are spending billions to acquire engineers, not replace them. Here’s why your job is safer than you think.