{ "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1", "title": "ping", "home_page_url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping/", "feed_url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping/feed.json", "description": "Short Ping Posts", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker" } ], "items": [ { "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping-54/", "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping-54/", "title": "Ping 54", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eI’m regressing back to boomer ai for more plan mode style prompting at home…\nIt does a decent job at ingesting a repo and coming up with plans before I\nstart spending precious tokens.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nI'm regressing back to boomer ai for more plan mode style prompting at home...\nIt does a decent job at ingesting a repo and coming up with plans before I\nstart spending precious tokens.\n", "summary": "I'm regressing back to boomer ai for more plan mode style prompting at home... It does a decent job at ingesting a repo and coming up with plans before I...", "date_published": "2026-04-19T09:54:48Z", "date_modified": "2026-04-19T09:54:48Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ai", "llm" ] }, { "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping-53/", "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping-53/", "title": "Tokens Just don't go as far as they used to", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eNot sure if this is simply the flavor of the month, or a shift in gpt5.4\nbeing super subsidized on release and now that we have gpt5.4-mini-fast out\nthey have shifted, but I’m burning through half of my $20 gippity sub in a\nday with hobby level use. Second week in a row its burning so fast.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nNot sure if this is simply the flavor of the month, or a shift in gpt5.4\nbeing super subsidized on release and now that we have gpt5.4-mini-fast out\nthey have shifted, but I'm burning through half of my $20 gippity sub in a\nday with hobby level use. Second week in a row its burning so fast.\n", "summary": "Not sure if this is simply the flavor of the month, or a shift in gpt5.4 being super subsidized on release and now that we have gpt5.4-mini-fast out they...", "date_published": "2026-04-18T12:17:22Z", "date_modified": "2026-04-18T12:17:22Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping-52/", "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping-52/", "title": "Ping 52", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eIs it just me or are the agents not behaving today?\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nIs it just me or are the agents not behaving today?\n", "summary": "Is it just me or are the agents not behaving today?", "date_published": "2026-04-17T21:19:58Z", "date_modified": "2026-04-17T21:19:58Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping-50-a/", "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping-50-a/", "title": "Ping 50 A", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eI wrote code by hand today… I was out of tokens\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nI wrote code by hand today... I was out of tokens\n", "summary": "I wrote code by hand today... I was out of tokens", "date_published": "2026-04-15T21:11:58Z", "date_modified": "2026-04-15T21:11:58Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping-50/", "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping-50/", "title": "Prove Yourself Agent", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eAsk your agents to prove their work. Include it in the initial\nprompt, not later.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nAsk your agents to prove their work. Include it in the initial\nprompt, not later.\n", "summary": "Ask your agents to prove their work. Include it in the initial prompt, not later.", "date_published": "2026-04-14T16:12:04Z", "date_modified": "2026-04-14T16:12:04Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping-49/", "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping-49/", "title": "What happens when the 0 days are exposed?", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eWhat’s going to happen to all of our software when \u003ca href=\"/anthropic-mythos/\" class=\"glossary-term\" title=\"An ai model created by Anthropic was announced as a closed preview on April 7, 2026 for critical security research and evaluation with its close partners...\"\u003eAnthropic Mythos\u003c/a\u003e finds all\nof the 0 day vulnerabilities? Will everything depending on the bugs break?\nWill it be possible to fix them cleanly? Will we all get pwnd when the bad\nactors get access to them before everything is patched? Will LTS Operating\nSystems Die?\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nWhat's going to happen to all of our software when Anthropic Mythos finds all\nof the 0 day vulnerabilities? Will everything depending on the bugs break?\nWill it be possible to fix them cleanly? Will we all get pwnd when the bad\nactors get access to them before everything is patched? Will LTS Operating\nSystems Die?\n", "summary": "What's going to happen to all of our software when Anthropic Mythos finds all of the 0 day vulnerabilities? Will everything depending on the bugs break? Will...", "date_published": "2026-04-13T16:12:04Z", "date_modified": "2026-04-13T16:12:04Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping-48/", "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping-48/", "title": "Ping 48", "content_text": "\n", "date_published": "2026-04-08T16:12:32Z", "date_modified": "2026-04-08T16:12:32Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping-46/", "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping-46/", "title": "What is this job anymore", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eThe job of writing code is dying, models are getting better, the average person\nwill have their average features implemented in average ways with no effort by\nagents, the writing is on the wall. We are still trying to review most of the\ncritical code, this is slowing us down, is it really stopping any bugs or\ngiving us any more familiarity with the product, marginally.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe time is now to grease up your UAT, testing, deployment pipelines. Dont let\nagents delete entire regions. Review your backup and restore strategy, you do\nhave a DR plan right?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThings are changing fast, the best of us are still better than the clankers.\nMost of us have more context than the clankers. Most of us have more intuition\nof what and where to implement fixes. Context windows and memory will be\nsolved problems. Your DR plan, UAT, testinng and QA environments will not come\nfor free, you need to make them, and deeply integrate them into your processes.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nThe job of writing code is dying, models are getting better, the average person\nwill have their average features implemented in average ways with no effort by\nagents, the writing is on the wall. We are still trying to review most of the\ncritical code, this is slowing us down, is it really stopping any bugs or\ngiving us any more familiarity with the product, marginally.\n\nThe time is now to grease up your UAT, testing, deployment pipelines. Dont let\nagents delete entire regions. Review your backup and restore strategy, you do\nhave a DR plan right?\n\nThings are changing fast, the best of us are still better than the clankers.\nMost of us have more context than the clankers. Most of us have more intuition\nof what and where to implement fixes. Context windows and memory will be\nsolved problems. Your DR plan, UAT, testinng and QA environments will not come\nfor free, you need to make them, and deeply integrate them into your processes.\n\n", "summary": "The job of writing code is dying, models are getting better, the average person will have their average features implemented in average ways with no effort...", "date_published": "2026-04-03T20:44:55Z", "date_modified": "2026-04-03T20:44:55Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping-47/", "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping-47/", "title": "Ping 47", "content_text": "\n", "date_published": "2026-04-02T21:33:20Z", "date_modified": "2026-04-02T21:33:20Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping-45/", "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping-45/", "title": "The year of the supply chain attacks", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eI think I’m starting to understand my role as a platform developer in 2026.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eleast priveleged access\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edefault deny + explicit allow\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eunderstand your blast radius\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGREASED\u003c/strong\u003e creds rotate process\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePIN EVERYTHING\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ekeep packages up to date\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ebut not too up to date, use dependency cooldowns\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nI think I'm starting to understand my role as a platform developer in 2026.\n\n* least priveleged access\n* default deny + explicit allow\n* understand your blast radius\n* **GREASED** creds rotate process\n* PIN EVERYTHING\n* keep packages up to date\n* but not too up to date, use dependency cooldowns\n", "summary": "I think I'm starting to understand my role as a platform developer in 2026.", "date_published": "2026-04-02T20:26:33Z", "date_modified": "2026-04-02T20:26:33Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping-44/", "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping-44/", "title": "The final nail for Windows?", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eEasy anticheat for linux is out.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"admonition tip\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"admonition-title\"\u003eTip\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003elook at the date\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf this were real what would you play first? For me it’s \u003ccode\u003eskate .\u003c/code\u003e is really\nthe only thing I care about and I’m fine without it.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nEasy anticheat for linux is out.\n\n\n!!! tip\n\n look at the date\n\nIf this were real what would you play first? For me it's `skate .` is really\nthe only thing I care about and I'm fine without it.\n\n", "summary": "Easy anticheat for linux is out.", "date_published": "2026-04-01T20:23:53Z", "date_modified": "2026-04-01T20:23:53Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping-43/", "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping-43/", "title": "Ping 43", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eOkay so I logged into twitter today, and we are back…. probably not for long,\nbut we are for now. Claude Code source leaked, the tweets are great. [[\nthoughts-956 ]], [[ thoughts-958 ]], [[ thoughts-959 ]], Some typescript css\ntext layout with bouncing balls, bubbles, strings, and webcam video to text is\nblowing up [[ thoughts-957 ]]. This is the tech twitter I remember no sad news\nhow the world is corrupt by the other side.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nOkay so I logged into twitter today, and we are back.... probably not for long,\nbut we are for now. Claude Code source leaked, the tweets are great. [[\nthoughts-956 ]], [[ thoughts-958 ]], [[ thoughts-959 ]], Some typescript css\ntext layout with bouncing balls, bubbles, strings, and webcam video to text is\nblowing up [[ thoughts-957 ]]. This is the tech twitter I remember no sad news\nhow the world is corrupt by the other side.\n", "summary": "Okay so I logged into twitter today, and we are back.... probably not for long, but we are for now. Claude Code source leaked, the tweets are great....", "date_published": "2026-03-31T18:33:05Z", "date_modified": "2026-03-31T18:33:05Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping-42/", "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping-42/", "title": "Social Media is dead", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eSocial Media is dead, interest media killed it long ago. I no longer feel like\nI’m connecting to people, creating community, having fun, learning. I feel\nlike I’m being shoveled slop from the slop machine, I’m sure mostly create by\nwell intentioned people just trying to make it in the world, trying to make\ntheir mark, trying to make something of themselves. The algos long lost the\nidea of subs and likes, and transitioned to how long you will pause on a topic.\nWhat used to be a series of recognizable faces, names, avatars, each with their\nown personality that I could come to learn and know who was just trollin, who\nwas serious, is now mostly unrecognizable. Platforms have changed and\nfractured communities people went separate ways, not all the same ways. No one\ncommunity is like it used to be, and its hard to find.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nSocial Media is dead, interest media killed it long ago. I no longer feel like\nI'm connecting to people, creating community, having fun, learning. I feel\nlike I'm being shoveled slop from the slop machine, I'm sure mostly create by\nwell intentioned people just trying to make it in the world, trying to make\ntheir mark, trying to make something of themselves. The algos long lost the\nidea of subs and likes, and transitioned to how long you will pause on a topic.\nWhat used to be a series of recognizable faces, names, avatars, each with their\nown personality that I could come to learn and know who was just trollin, who\nwas serious, is now mostly unrecognizable. Platforms have changed and\nfractured communities people went separate ways, not all the same ways. No one\ncommunity is like it used to be, and its hard to find.\n", "summary": "Social Media is dead, interest media killed it long ago. I no longer feel like I'm connecting to people, creating community, having fun, learning. I feel...", "date_published": "2026-03-28T12:17:44Z", "date_modified": "2026-03-28T12:17:44Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping-37/", "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping-37/", "title": "Where Is The Tech Industry Going", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eAgents suck\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGet left behind if you don’t use them\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBurn out if you use them too much\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe software world has been flipped upside down seemingly overnight. Slow at\nfirst, then all at once. It started with auto complete, to chat, to, ide\nintegrations, to agents that would f\u0026amp;!^ over your repo more than it would help.\nUp till this point we are just little bit better and more specific than copy\npaste from Stack Overflow. Then in Nov 2025 models learned how to effectively\nuse tools and do what you ask of them, sometimes more, sometimes less, but\ngenerally for the basic shit most of us make its a net positive with each\niteration.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur techniques for managing work need to change.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur expectations need to change.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBurnout for a lot of folks is coming.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nAgents suck\n\nGet left behind if you don't use them\n\nBurn out if you use them too much\n\nThe software world has been flipped upside down seemingly overnight. Slow at\nfirst, then all at once. It started with auto complete, to chat, to, ide\nintegrations, to agents that would f\u0026!^ over your repo more than it would help.\nUp till this point we are just little bit better and more specific than copy\npaste from Stack Overflow. Then in Nov 2025 models learned how to effectively\nuse tools and do what you ask of them, sometimes more, sometimes less, but\ngenerally for the basic shit most of us make its a net positive with each\niteration.\n\nOur techniques for managing work need to change.\n\nOur expectations need to change.\n\nBurnout for a lot of folks is coming.\n", "summary": "Agents suck", "date_published": "2026-03-27T14:11:49Z", "date_modified": "2026-03-27T14:11:49Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/is-compaction-the-issue/", "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/is-compaction-the-issue/", "title": "Is Compaction The Issue", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eI saw today in work chat something along the lines of “we need bigger context\nwindows” “compaction times are holding us back”. Maybe I’m just blessed with\nthe lack of lord jira, maybe juggle too many projects at once and they are all\npretty much done when I get back. Maybe I do more long running specs and spend\ntime making good plans that it does not matter.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnyways the point I’m getting to is that if you think that compaction is your\nmain issue slowing you down, and 10x this if you are a manager thinking this is\nwhat is slowing down your team you \u003cstrong\u003eneed\u003c/strong\u003e to look at your workflow. Not\nbecause it sucks. Not only because it could be better. Because you are\nsigning yourself and your team up for burnout if you are sitting there watching\nthese things run like waiting for paint to dry and firing more prompts at them\nas soon as they are done. It feels easy. It feels like you are going fast.\nIts eating more brainpower than you think, and its not getting you to your\ndestination any faster.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nI saw today in work chat something along the lines of \"we need bigger context\nwindows\" \"compaction times are holding us back\". Maybe I'm just blessed with\nthe lack of lord jira, maybe juggle too many projects at once and they are all\npretty much done when I get back. Maybe I do more long running specs and spend\ntime making good plans that it does not matter. \n\nAnyways the point I'm getting to is that if you think that compaction is your\nmain issue slowing you down, and 10x this if you are a manager thinking this is\nwhat is slowing down your team you **need** to look at your workflow. Not\nbecause it sucks. Not only because it could be better. Because you are\nsigning yourself and your team up for burnout if you are sitting there watching\nthese things run like waiting for paint to dry and firing more prompts at them\nas soon as they are done. It feels easy. It feels like you are going fast.\nIts eating more brainpower than you think, and its not getting you to your\ndestination any faster.\n", "summary": "I saw today in work chat something along the lines of \"we need bigger context windows\" \"compaction times are holding us back\". Maybe I'm just blessed with...", "date_published": "2026-03-26T09:37:47Z", "date_modified": "2026-03-26T09:37:47Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/lets-land-the-plane/", "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/lets-land-the-plane/", "title": "Lets Land The Plane", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003ePart of @steveyegge ’s gastown/beads is a prompt “Lets land the plane”. It’s very straightforward forward and what any sane human would probably do before finishing work, except the last part. The “generate a handoff prompt for the next session” was not something I’ve put much thought into. But now that I juggle 6 sessions at a time and often end up with 20 sessions open because I don’t want to close them and loose the last bit of context. This is what I need to keep from crippling my laptop memory from all of these stale sessions hanging around.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/b75a3a4d-679c-415d-9d14-231b0f75e0ff.webp\" class=\"glightbox-link\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"glightbox\" src=\"https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/b75a3a4d-679c-415d-9d14-231b0f75e0ff.webp\" alt=\"\"/ data-glightbox=\"description: \"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003cfigcaption\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaken from \u003ca href=\"https://ianbull.com/posts/beads\" style=\"--favicon-url: url(\u0026#39;/assets/markata/link-avatars/ianbull.com.ico\u0026#39;);\" data-favicon=\"/assets/markata/link-avatars/ianbull.com.ico\" class=\"has-avatar has-avatar-before\"\u003ehttps://ianbull.com/posts/beads\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n", "content_text": "Part of @steveyegge 's gastown/beads is a prompt \"Lets land the plane\". It's very straightforward forward and what any sane human would probably do before finishing work, except the last part. The \"generate a handoff prompt for the next session\" was not something I've put much thought into. But now that I juggle 6 sessions at a time and often end up with 20 sessions open because I don't want to close them and loose the last bit of context. This is what I need to keep from crippling my laptop memory from all of these stale sessions hanging around.\n\n![](https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/b75a3a4d-679c-415d-9d14-231b0f75e0ff.webp)\nTaken from https://ianbull.com/posts/beads\n", "summary": "Part of @steveyegge 's gastown/beads is a prompt \"Lets land the plane\". It's very straightforward forward and what any sane human would probably do before...", "date_published": "2026-03-25T08:41:15Z", "date_modified": "2026-03-25T08:41:15Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/i-dont-want-someone-else-running-my-agents/", "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/i-dont-want-someone-else-running-my-agents/", "title": "I don't want someone else running my agents", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eI don’t want to review the pr, I dont want to fight the mass of changes\nclobbered across the codebase. I want to own my platform. With everything\nchanging with agents writing more code than I can imagine in a day work looks\ndifferent now. I still want to work with real people. I want to collaborate\non ideas. I want someone to bounce ideas off with. I want someone else in the\nwar room with me on launch day, or when the whole thing goes down. But I don’t\nthem slopping in my sandbox, if someone is going to be stirring the slop in my\nproduct I want it to be me. Work is feeling different now. New lines need to\nbe drawn in new directions. Expectations are changing, the way work is\ncompleted is changing, and we are all here trying to figure out what this looks\nlike moving forward.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nI don't want to review the pr, I dont want to fight the mass of changes\nclobbered across the codebase. I want to own my platform. With everything\nchanging with agents writing more code than I can imagine in a day work looks\ndifferent now. I still want to work with real people. I want to collaborate\non ideas. I want someone to bounce ideas off with. I want someone else in the\nwar room with me on launch day, or when the whole thing goes down. But I don't\nthem slopping in my sandbox, if someone is going to be stirring the slop in my\nproduct I want it to be me. Work is feeling different now. New lines need to\nbe drawn in new directions. Expectations are changing, the way work is\ncompleted is changing, and we are all here trying to figure out what this looks\nlike moving forward.\n", "summary": "I don't want to review the pr, I dont want to fight the mass of changes clobbered across the codebase. I want to own my platform. With everything changing...", "date_published": "2026-03-23T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-03-23T00:00:00Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ai" ] }, { "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping-38/", "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping-38/", "title": "Ping 38", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eWhen agents do the work its harder to recognize a dead end.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nWhen agents do the work its harder to recognize a dead end.\n", "summary": "When agents do the work its harder to recognize a dead end.", "date_published": "2026-03-22T09:56:48Z", "date_modified": "2026-03-22T09:56:48Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping-35b/", "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping-35b/", "title": "Learning to agent", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eAll we are hearing lately is Agents are the future, something flipped around\nNOV 2025 with opus 4.5. It turned snake oil into action. It changed\nprogrammers will be replaced in 6 months to now. Not all of them, but probably\nmost of us who are not extraordinary. If you fall into the camp of folks not\nadopting, I got no issues with that. No one is twisting your arm, well maybe\nyour boss or cto is, thats on them. I don’t mean to say this is the future as\nin, get in or get left behind. I mean it as this is where your other engineers\nprobably are, the junior to mid level engineers are here. If you are not\ntrying to meet them where they are how are you going to lead them.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nAll we are hearing lately is Agents are the future, something flipped around\nNOV 2025 with opus 4.5. It turned snake oil into action. It changed\nprogrammers will be replaced in 6 months to now. Not all of them, but probably\nmost of us who are not extraordinary. If you fall into the camp of folks not\nadopting, I got no issues with that. No one is twisting your arm, well maybe\nyour boss or cto is, thats on them. I don't mean to say this is the future as\nin, get in or get left behind. I mean it as this is where your other engineers\nprobably are, the junior to mid level engineers are here. If you are not\ntrying to meet them where they are how are you going to lead them.\n", "summary": "All we are hearing lately is Agents are the future, something flipped around NOV 2025 with opus 4.5. It turned snake oil into action. It changed programmers...", "date_published": "2026-03-19T20:53:08Z", "date_modified": "2026-03-19T20:53:08Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] }, { "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping-35/", "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/ping-35/", "title": "Studio Ghibli Images in the Wild", "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eI just stumbled into an image in my org chart of someone who clearly turned\nthemself into a Studio Ghibli character in chatgpt during the small window of\ntime that it seemed to do this for everything. Its clearly the aesthetic that\nIt would do by default for that week, then would not do it whatsoever. I’d\nlink it, but its from an org chart. I mostly found it interesting how we now\nhave these recognizable artifacts from specific moments in time.\u003c/p\u003e\n", "content_text": "\nI just stumbled into an image in my org chart of someone who clearly turned\nthemself into a Studio Ghibli character in chatgpt during the small window of\ntime that it seemed to do this for everything. Its clearly the aesthetic that\nIt would do by default for that week, then would not do it whatsoever. I'd\nlink it, but its from an org chart. I mostly found it interesting how we now\nhave these recognizable artifacts from specific moments in time.\n", "summary": "I just stumbled into an image in my org chart of someone who clearly turned themself into a Studio Ghibli character in chatgpt during the small window of...", "date_published": "2026-03-19T20:49:26Z", "date_modified": "2026-03-19T20:49:26Z", "authors": [ { "name": "Waylon Walker", "url": "https://waylonwalker.com", "avatar": "/8bitcc.png" } ], "tags": [ "ping" ] } ] }