{
  "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1",
  "title": "Today I Learned",
  "home_page_url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/til-feed/",
  "feed_url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/til-feed/feed.json",
  "description": "Short TIL posts",
  "authors": [
    {
      "name": "Waylon Walker"
    }
  ],
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/stow-local-ignore/",
      "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/stow-local-ignore/",
      "title": "stow local ignore",
      "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eStow comes with a local and global ignore list that you can use to ignore\ncertain files or directories.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you put Perl regular expressions, one per line, in a .stow-local-ignore\nfile within any top level package directory, in which case any file or\ndirectory within that package matching any of these regular expressions will\nbe ignored. In the absence of this package-specific ignore list, Stow will\ninstead use the contents of ~/.stow-global-ignore, if it exists. If neither\nthe package-local or global ignore list exist, Stow will use its own built-in\ndefault ignore list, which serves as a useful example of the format of these\nignore list files:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExample given from the docs\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cpre class=\"chroma\"\u003e\u003ccode\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003eRCS\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e.+,v\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003eCVS\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\\.\\#.+       # CVS conflict files / emacs lock files\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\\.cvsignore\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\\.svn\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e_darcs\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\\.hg\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\\.git\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\\.gitignore\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\\.gitmodules\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e.+~          # emacs backup files\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\\#.*\\#       # emacs autosave files\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e^/README.*\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e^/LICENSE.*\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cl\"\u003e^/COPYING\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/pre\u003e\u003ch2 id=\"reference\"\u003eReference \u003ca href=\"#reference\" class=\"heading-anchor\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/manual/html_node/Types-And-Syntax-Of-Ignore-Lists.html\" style=\"--favicon-url: url(\u0026#39;/assets/markata/link-avatars/www.gnu.org.png\u0026#39;);\" data-favicon=\"/assets/markata/link-avatars/www.gnu.org.png\" class=\"has-avatar  has-avatar-before\"\u003ehttps://www.gnu.org/software/stow/manual/html_node/Types-And-Syntax-Of-Ignore-Lists.html\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\nStow comes with a local and global ignore list that you can use to ignore\ncertain files or directories.\n\n\n\u003e If you put Perl regular expressions, one per line, in a .stow-local-ignore\n\u003e file within any top level package directory, in which case any file or\n\u003e directory within that package matching any of these regular expressions will\n\u003e be ignored. In the absence of this package-specific ignore list, Stow will\n\u003e instead use the contents of ~/.stow-global-ignore, if it exists. If neither\n\u003e the package-local or global ignore list exist, Stow will use its own built-in\n\u003e default ignore list, which serves as a useful example of the format of these\n\u003e ignore list files:\n\nExample given from the docs\n\n``` text\nRCS\n.+,v\n\nCVS\n\\.\\#.+       # CVS conflict files / emacs lock files\n\\.cvsignore\n\n\\.svn\n_darcs\n\\.hg\n\n\\.git\n\\.gitignore\n\\.gitmodules\n\n.+~          # emacs backup files\n\\#.*\\#       # emacs autosave files\n\n^/README.*\n^/LICENSE.*\n^/COPYING\n```\n\n\n## Reference\n\nhttps://www.gnu.org/software/stow/manual/html_node/Types-And-Syntax-Of-Ignore-Lists.html\n",
      "summary": "Stow comes with a local and global ignore list that you can use to ignore certain files or directories.",
      "date_published": "2026-04-18T10:36:00Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-04-18T10:36:00Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "linux"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-980/",
      "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-980/",
      "title": "💭 \"Am I Crazy?\" [Wading Through AI - Episode 3]",
      "content_html": "\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external embed-card-provider-youtube\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-rich\"\u003e\n\u003clite-youtube videoid=\"Sp1EmFRDquA\" title=\"\u0026#34;Am I Crazy?\u0026#34; [Wading Through AI - Episode 3]\" playlabel=\"Play: \u0026#34;Am I Crazy?\u0026#34; [Wading Through AI - Episode 3]\"\u003e\u003c/lite-youtube\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCasey had an interesting point here.  I think demitri came back with some sense of sanity that its just not how corporations look at employee cost, but I still thought it was a head scratcher.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoughly translated not quoted\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf the sellers of ai are telling you that your developers are going to be 10x productive, why are they only spending half their salary in tokens?  Why not 9x?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"admonition note\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"admonition-title\"\u003eNote\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\" data-preview=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It’s a short note that I make\nabout someone else’s content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=\"2\" data-reading-time=\"3\" data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\n\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external embed-card-provider-youtube\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-rich\"\u003e\n\u003clite-youtube videoid=\"Sp1EmFRDquA\" title=\"\u0026#34;Am I Crazy?\u0026#34; [Wading Through AI - Episode 3]\" playlabel=\"Play: \u0026#34;Am I Crazy?\u0026#34; [Wading Through AI - Episode 3]\"\u003e\u003c/lite-youtube\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\nCasey had an interesting point here.  I think demitri came back with some sense of sanity that its just not how corporations look at employee cost, but I still thought it was a head scratcher.  \n\nRoughly translated not quoted\n\n\u003e If the sellers of ai are telling you that your developers are going to be 10x productive, why are they only spending half their salary in tokens?  Why not 9x?\n\n\n!!! note\n\n    This post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It's a short note that I make\n    about someone else's content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=2 data-reading-time=3 data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\n",
      "summary": "!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp1EmFRDquA",
      "date_published": "2026-04-16T21:10:02Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-04-16T21:10:02Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "llm",
        "ai",
        "thought"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-979/",
      "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-979/",
      "title": "💭 A love letter to Pi | Lucas Meijer",
      "content_html": "\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external embed-card-provider-youtube\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-rich\"\u003e\n\u003clite-youtube videoid=\"fdbXNWkpPMY\" title=\"A love letter to Pi | Lucas Meijer\" playlabel=\"Play: A love letter to Pi | Lucas Meijer\"\u003e\u003c/lite-youtube\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI hate how he called out terminal user interfaces as shit… then proved web interfaces to be superior.  Damn him.  I love working from my terminal, but having ai prove itself through \u003ca href=\"/html/\" class=\"glossary-term\" title=\"HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the standard markup language used to create and design documents on the World Wide Web. It structures web content by...\"\u003ehtml\u003c/a\u003e reports including video, image, metrics, charts, and text is goated.  Rethinking yourself has the bottleneck not the orchestrator feels real.  Validating the work is hard, theres a shift right now and everyone is trying to figure it out.  Lucas’s technique is a little bit of be lazy and tell it to prove itself to you, so as you juggle your 15 agents you have a nice report to read.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"admonition note\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"admonition-title\"\u003eNote\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\" data-preview=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It’s a short note that I make\nabout someone else’s content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=\"2\" data-reading-time=\"3\" data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\n\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external embed-card-provider-youtube\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-rich\"\u003e\n\u003clite-youtube videoid=\"fdbXNWkpPMY\" title=\"A love letter to Pi | Lucas Meijer\" playlabel=\"Play: A love letter to Pi | Lucas Meijer\"\u003e\u003c/lite-youtube\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\nI hate how he called out terminal user interfaces as shit... then proved web interfaces to be superior.  Damn him.  I love working from my terminal, but having ai prove itself through html reports including video, image, metrics, charts, and text is goated.  Rethinking yourself has the bottleneck not the orchestrator feels real.  Validating the work is hard, theres a shift right now and everyone is trying to figure it out.  Lucas's technique is a little bit of be lazy and tell it to prove itself to you, so as you juggle your 15 agents you have a nice report to read.\n\n!!! note\n\n    This post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It's a short note that I make\n    about someone else's content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=2 data-reading-time=3 data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\n",
      "summary": "!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdbXNWkpPMY",
      "date_published": "2026-04-15T16:12:33Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-04-15T16:12:33Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ai",
        "llm",
        "agents",
        "thought"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-978/",
      "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-978/",
      "title": "💭 How Claude Code’s Creator Starts EVERY Project - YouTube",
      "content_html": "\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external embed-card-provider-youtube\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-rich\"\u003e\n\u003clite-youtube videoid=\"KWrsLqnB6vA\" title=\"How Claude Code’s Creator Starts EVERY Project\" playlabel=\"Play: How Claude Code’s Creator Starts EVERY Project\"\u003e\u003c/lite-youtube\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a really good guide, with quite a few good nuggets.  I need to try deleting my AGENTS.md and rebuilding it from scratch more often.  I liked how he talked about having agents prove their work and tell them up front how they will be judged. What I didn’t care for so much was the feeling that a lot of the rules go in markdown, thats not a rule, thats a suggestion.  Rules should be deterministic.  They should be tests and linters that ensure they are followed.  Suggestions are good, but dont trust the agents to always follow them.  And don’t trust that they wont change your rules, keep them honest.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"admonition note\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"admonition-title\"\u003eNote\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\" data-preview=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It’s a short note that I make\nabout someone else’s content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=\"2\" data-reading-time=\"3\" data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\n\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external embed-card-provider-youtube\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-rich\"\u003e\n\u003clite-youtube videoid=\"KWrsLqnB6vA\" title=\"How Claude Code’s Creator Starts EVERY Project\" playlabel=\"Play: How Claude Code’s Creator Starts EVERY Project\"\u003e\u003c/lite-youtube\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\nThis is a really good guide, with quite a few good nuggets.  I need to try deleting my AGENTS.md and rebuilding it from scratch more often.  I liked how he talked about having agents prove their work and tell them up front how they will be judged. What I didn't care for so much was the feeling that a lot of the rules go in markdown, thats not a rule, thats a suggestion.  Rules should be deterministic.  They should be tests and linters that ensure they are followed.  Suggestions are good, but dont trust the agents to always follow them.  And don't trust that they wont change your rules, keep them honest.\n\n!!! note\n\n    This post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It's a short note that I make\n    about someone else's content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=2 data-reading-time=3 data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\n",
      "summary": "!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWrsLqnB6vA",
      "date_published": "2026-04-15T16:07:26Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-04-15T16:07:26Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "llm",
        "ai",
        "agents",
        "thought"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-977/",
      "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-977/",
      "title": "💭 POV: Growing up as a Millennial be like 🤣 AC:@mikemancusi #mil...",
      "content_html": "\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external embed-card-provider-youtube\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-rich\"\u003e\n\u003clite-youtube videoid=\"qH3KH-q_tGE\" title=\"POV: Growing up as a Millennial be like 🤣 AC:@mikemancusi #millennials #existential #geny #usafyp\" playlabel=\"Play: POV: Growing up as a Millennial be like 🤣 AC:@mikemancusi #millennials #existential #geny #usafyp\"\u003e\u003c/lite-youtube\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeeling this today, feels like everything continues to get worse.  Trying to be more positive, and its hard.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"admonition note\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"admonition-title\"\u003eNote\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\" data-preview=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It’s a short note that I make\nabout someone else’s content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=\"2\" data-reading-time=\"3\" data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\n\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external embed-card-provider-youtube\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-rich\"\u003e\n\u003clite-youtube videoid=\"qH3KH-q_tGE\" title=\"POV: Growing up as a Millennial be like 🤣 AC:@mikemancusi #millennials #existential #geny #usafyp\" playlabel=\"Play: POV: Growing up as a Millennial be like 🤣 AC:@mikemancusi #millennials #existential #geny #usafyp\"\u003e\u003c/lite-youtube\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\nFeeling this today, feels like everything continues to get worse.  Trying to be more positive, and its hard.\n\n!!! note\n\n    This post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It's a short note that I make\n    about someone else's content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=2 data-reading-time=3 data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\n",
      "summary": "!https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qH3KH-q_tGE",
      "date_published": "2026-04-15T16:02:46Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-04-15T16:02:46Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "random",
        "thought"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-976/",
      "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-976/",
      "title": "💭 Write It First, Then Let AI Drive - Kenneth Reitz",
      "content_html": "\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external\"\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https://kennethreitz.org/essays/2026-04-12-write_it_first_then_let_ai_drive\" class=\"embed-card-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-image\"\u003e\n      \u003cimg class=\"glightbox\" src=\"https://kennethreitz.org/og-image/essays/2026-04-12-write_it_first_then_let_ai_drive.png\" alt=\"Write It First, Then Let AI Drive — There\u0026#39;s a thing that happens when you start using AI coding tools seriously. You assume the best workflow is obvious: let AI generate the first draft, then...\" loading=\"lazy\"/ data-glightbox=\"description: Write It First, Then Let AI Drive — There\u0026#39;s a thing that happens when you start using AI coding tools seriously. You assume the best workflow is obvious: let AI generate the first draft, then...\"\u003e\n    \u003c/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-content\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-title\"\u003eWrite It First, Then Let AI Drive\u003c/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-description\"\u003eThere\u0026#39;s a thing that happens when you start using AI coding tools seriously. You assume the best workflow is obvious: let AI generate the first draft, then...\u003c/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-meta\"\u003eKenneth Reitz · kennethreitz.org\u003c/div\u003e\n    \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInteresting take by Kenneth Reitz.  Not quite sure how I feel about it anymore.  It kinda hurts, but I’m not sure if code aesthetics matter as much as the product anymore.  I cared when I was the one editing, but at this point I’m not doing a lot of edits by hand.  Do these aesthetics affect the final products that users use, Not sure.  AI makes me sad.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"admonition note\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"admonition-title\"\u003eNote\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\" data-preview=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It’s a short note that I make\nabout someone else’s content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=\"2\" data-reading-time=\"3\" data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\n\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external\"\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https://kennethreitz.org/essays/2026-04-12-write_it_first_then_let_ai_drive\" class=\"embed-card-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-image\"\u003e\n      \u003cimg src=\"https://kennethreitz.org/og-image/essays/2026-04-12-write_it_first_then_let_ai_drive.png\" alt=\"Write It First, Then Let AI Drive — There\u0026#39;s a thing that happens when you start using AI coding tools seriously. You assume the best workflow is obvious: let AI generate the first draft, then...\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\n    \u003c/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-content\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-title\"\u003eWrite It First, Then Let AI Drive\u003c/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-description\"\u003eThere\u0026#39;s a thing that happens when you start using AI coding tools seriously. You assume the best workflow is obvious: let AI generate the first draft, then...\u003c/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-meta\"\u003eKenneth Reitz \u0026middot; kennethreitz.org\u003c/div\u003e\n    \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\nInteresting take by Kenneth Reitz.  Not quite sure how I feel about it anymore.  It kinda hurts, but I'm not sure if code aesthetics matter as much as the product anymore.  I cared when I was the one editing, but at this point I'm not doing a lot of edits by hand.  Do these aesthetics affect the final products that users use, Not sure.  AI makes me sad.\n\n!!! note\n\n    This post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It's a short note that I make\n    about someone else's content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=2 data-reading-time=3 data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\n",
      "summary": "!https://kennethreitz.org/essays/2026-04-12-write_first_let_drive",
      "date_published": "2026-04-14T20:05:11Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-04-14T20:05:11Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "llm",
        "ai",
        "thought"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-975/",
      "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-975/",
      "title": "💭 I am slowly coming around to AI assisted programming.",
      "content_html": "\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external\"\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/ThePrimeagen/status/2043861800819761382\" class=\"embed-card-link  has-avatar has-avatar-before\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"--favicon-url: url(\u0026#39;/assets/markata/link-avatars/x.com.ico\u0026#39;);\" data-favicon=\"/assets/markata/link-avatars/x.com.ico\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-content\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-title\"\u003eExternal Link\u003c/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-meta\"\u003eX (formerly Twitter) · x.com\u003c/div\u003e\n    \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf agents make prime a bit faster, what does that mean for the rest of us mortals?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"admonition note\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"admonition-title\"\u003eNote\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\" data-preview=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It’s a short note that I make\nabout someone else’s content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=\"2\" data-reading-time=\"3\" data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\n\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external\"\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/ThePrimeagen/status/2043861800819761382\" class=\"embed-card-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-content\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-title\"\u003eExternal Link\u003c/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-meta\"\u003eX (formerly Twitter) \u0026middot; x.com\u003c/div\u003e\n    \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\nIf agents make prime a bit faster, what does that mean for the rest of us mortals?\n\n!!! note\n\n    This post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It's a short note that I make\n    about someone else's content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=2 data-reading-time=3 data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\n",
      "summary": "!https://x.com/ThePrimeagen/status/2043861800819761382",
      "date_published": "2026-04-14T15:17:09Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-04-14T15:17:09Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "llm",
        "ai",
        "thought"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-974/",
      "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-974/",
      "title": "💭 AIs aren’t good rule followers",
      "content_html": "\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external\"\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/unclebobmartin/status/2044065822067282396\" class=\"embed-card-link  has-avatar has-avatar-before\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"--favicon-url: url(\u0026#39;/assets/markata/link-avatars/x.com.ico\u0026#39;);\" data-favicon=\"/assets/markata/link-avatars/x.com.ico\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-content\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-title\"\u003eExternal Link\u003c/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-meta\"\u003eX (formerly Twitter) · x.com\u003c/div\u003e\n    \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI’ve gotta agree with bob on this one, the first thing I did to my biggest brownfield project I wanted to use agents on BEFORE they did work was a hardened pre-commit.yaml, ci, hardened type checking and linting. SECOND get rid of bad inconsistent patterns, let them replicate consistency, force them to pass checks.  Agents will follow all of your markdown suggestions \u003cem\u003emost\u003c/em\u003e of the time, enough for you to become complacent if you let it.  They are goal seeking, if you put them to a task you thought was possible that is not given your constraints, they will try to find a way given enough tokens.  I dont see this ever changing, its one thing that makes them great, it just needs to be kept in check.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"admonition note\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"admonition-title\"\u003eNote\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\" data-preview=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It’s a short note that I make\nabout someone else’s content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=\"2\" data-reading-time=\"3\" data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\n\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external\"\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/unclebobmartin/status/2044065822067282396\" class=\"embed-card-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-content\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-title\"\u003eExternal Link\u003c/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-meta\"\u003eX (formerly Twitter) \u0026middot; x.com\u003c/div\u003e\n    \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\nI've gotta agree with bob on this one, the first thing I did to my biggest brownfield project I wanted to use agents on BEFORE they did work was a hardened pre-commit.yaml, ci, hardened type checking and linting. SECOND get rid of bad inconsistent patterns, let them replicate consistency, force them to pass checks.  Agents will follow all of your markdown suggestions _most_ of the time, enough for you to become complacent if you let it.  They are goal seeking, if you put them to a task you thought was possible that is not given your constraints, they will try to find a way given enough tokens.  I dont see this ever changing, its one thing that makes them great, it just needs to be kept in check.\n\n!!! note\n\n    This post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It's a short note that I make\n    about someone else's content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=2 data-reading-time=3 data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\n",
      "summary": "!https://x.com/unclebobmartin/status/2044065822067282396",
      "date_published": "2026-04-14T15:16:11Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-04-14T15:16:11Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "llm",
        "ai",
        "thought"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-973/",
      "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-973/",
      "title": "💭 A quote from Steve Yegge",
      "content_html": "\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external\"\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/13/steve-yegge/#atom-everything\" class=\"embed-card-link  has-avatar has-avatar-before\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"--favicon-url: url(\u0026#39;/assets/markata/link-avatars/simonwillison.net.ico\u0026#39;);\" data-favicon=\"/assets/markata/link-avatars/simonwillison.net.ico\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-content\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-title\"\u003eSteve Yegge\u003c/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-description\"\u003eSteve Yegge: I was chatting with my buddy at Google, who\u0026#39;s been a tech director there for about 20 years, about their AI adoption. Craziest convo I\u0026#39;ve had all year. …\u003c/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-meta\"\u003eSimon Willison’s Weblog · simonwillison.net\u003c/div\u003e\n    \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ebehind, yet positioned to completely dominate this race by hitting it with some sense.  Making trends in what looks like longevity in the race that is not subsidising to simply get users, but to get by until they figure out how to 100x reduce the cost to a reasonable level.  They feel like the guy sitting in the back with nothing big or flashy to say that is going to drop the hammer on their competition that overstretched itself taking on too much debt because it was necessary to change the game.  There might be something to having a mix of hipsters, boomers, and luddites all trying to balance each other out.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"admonition note\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"admonition-title\"\u003eNote\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\" data-preview=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It’s a short note that I make\nabout someone else’s content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=\"2\" data-reading-time=\"3\" data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\n\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external\"\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/13/steve-yegge/#atom-everything\" class=\"embed-card-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-content\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-title\"\u003eSteve Yegge\u003c/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-description\"\u003eSteve Yegge: I was chatting with my buddy at Google, who\u0026#39;s been a tech director there for about 20 years, about their AI adoption. Craziest convo I\u0026#39;ve had all year. …\u003c/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-meta\"\u003eSimon Willison’s Weblog \u0026middot; simonwillison.net\u003c/div\u003e\n    \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\nbehind, yet positioned to completely dominate this race by hitting it with some sense.  Making trends in what looks like longevity in the race that is not subsidising to simply get users, but to get by until they figure out how to 100x reduce the cost to a reasonable level.  They feel like the guy sitting in the back with nothing big or flashy to say that is going to drop the hammer on their competition that overstretched itself taking on too much debt because it was necessary to change the game.  There might be something to having a mix of hipsters, boomers, and luddites all trying to balance each other out.\n\n!!! note\n\n    This post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It's a short note that I make\n    about someone else's content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=2 data-reading-time=3 data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\n",
      "summary": "!https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/13/steve-yegge/#atom-everything",
      "date_published": "2026-04-13T21:10:23Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-04-13T21:10:23Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "llm",
        "ai",
        "thought"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/anthropic-mythos/",
      "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/anthropic-mythos/",
      "title": "Anthropic Mythos",
      "content_html": "\u003cp\u003eAn ai model created by Anthropic was announced as a closed preview on April 7,\n2026 for critical security research and evaluation with its close partners with\ncritical software such as operating systems and browsers.  Anthropic claims\nthat mythos is able to reason through so much more context that any model ever\nbefore.  This enables it to find bugs that are 25 years old in the BSD,\nconsidered one of the most secure operating systems we have.  Once it finds\nthese zero day bugs never discovered before its able to use them together in\nmalicious ways never expected.  In ways the world is not ready for.  At the\ntime of writing these are claims without proof.  It remains scary to know the\npotential this has and that there is only a few companies with this potential\nthat will gatekeep who gets access.\u003c/p\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\nAn ai model created by Anthropic was announced as a closed preview on April 7,\n2026 for critical security research and evaluation with its close partners with\ncritical software such as operating systems and browsers.  Anthropic claims\nthat mythos is able to reason through so much more context that any model ever\nbefore.  This enables it to find bugs that are 25 years old in the BSD,\nconsidered one of the most secure operating systems we have.  Once it finds\nthese zero day bugs never discovered before its able to use them together in\nmalicious ways never expected.  In ways the world is not ready for.  At the\ntime of writing these are claims without proof.  It remains scary to know the\npotential this has and that there is only a few companies with this potential\nthat will gatekeep who gets access.\n",
      "summary": "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...",
      "date_published": "2026-04-13T16:18:15Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-04-13T16:18:15Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ai",
        "llm",
        "model"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-972/",
      "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-972/",
      "title": "💭 How does Claude Code *actually* work? - YouTube",
      "content_html": "\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external embed-card-provider-youtube\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-rich\"\u003e\n\u003clite-youtube videoid=\"I82j7AzMU80\" title=\"How does Claude Code *actually* work?\" playlabel=\"Play: How does Claude Code *actually* work?\"\u003e\u003c/lite-youtube\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 star video, if you are going to watch one video to understand how harnesses and agents work, this is it.  This really had my gears spinning on what tools do for agents and how big of a difference they make in their ability to manage context efficiently and accurately create changes.  It’s crazy how good bash works, and that gives the agents the ability to do just about everything, but it could be better.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"admonition note\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"admonition-title\"\u003eNote\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\" data-preview=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It’s a short note that I make\nabout someone else’s content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=\"2\" data-reading-time=\"3\" data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\n\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external embed-card-provider-youtube\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-rich\"\u003e\n\u003clite-youtube videoid=\"I82j7AzMU80\" title=\"How does Claude Code *actually* work?\" playlabel=\"Play: How does Claude Code *actually* work?\"\u003e\u003c/lite-youtube\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n5 star video, if you are going to watch one video to understand how harnesses and agents work, this is it.  This really had my gears spinning on what tools do for agents and how big of a difference they make in their ability to manage context efficiently and accurately create changes.  It's crazy how good bash works, and that gives the agents the ability to do just about everything, but it could be better.\n\n!!! note\n\n    This post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It's a short note that I make\n    about someone else's content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=2 data-reading-time=3 data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\n",
      "summary": "!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I82j7AzMU80",
      "date_published": "2026-04-13T10:15:26Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-04-13T10:15:26Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ai",
        "llm",
        "thought"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-971/",
      "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-971/",
      "title": "💭 Artemis II Lunar Flyby",
      "content_html": "\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external\"\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasa.gov/gallery/lunar-flyby/\" class=\"embed-card-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-image\"\u003e\n      \u003cimg class=\"glightbox\" src=\"https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/art002e015231/art002e015231~large.jpg\" alt=\"Artemis II Lunar Flyby - NASA — The first flyby images of the Moon captured by NASA’s Artemis II astronauts during their historic test flight reveal regions of the Moon\u0026#39;s far side, as well as an in-space solar eclipse. Released April 7, 2026, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen captured the images during the mission’s seven-hour flyby on April 6, 2026, showing humanity’s return to the Moon’s vicinity.\" loading=\"lazy\"/ data-glightbox=\"description: Artemis II Lunar Flyby - NASA — The first flyby images of the Moon captured by NASA’s Artemis II astronauts during their historic test flight reveal regions of the Moon\u0026#39;s far side, as well as an in-space solar eclipse. Released April 7, 2026, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen captured the images during the mission’s seven-hour flyby on April 6, 2026, showing humanity’s return to the Moon’s vicinity.\"\u003e\n    \u003c/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-content\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-title\"\u003eArtemis II Lunar Flyby - NASA\u003c/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-description\"\u003eThe first flyby images of the Moon captured by NASA’s Artemis II astronauts during their historic test flight reveal regions of the Moon\u0026#39;s far side, as well as an in-space solar eclipse. Released...\u003c/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-meta\"\u003eNASA · nasa.gov\u003c/div\u003e\n    \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the biggest scientific achievement of our lifetime happened this week.  I will forever remember sitting in a Culvers in between theater builds looking through these photos as they came live, looking at them in awe.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http://dropper.wayl.one/file/9987010a-a448-472d-9c60-2831b61a1d3a.webp\" class=\"glightbox-link\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"glightbox\" src=\"http://dropper.wayl.one/file/9987010a-a448-472d-9c60-2831b61a1d3a.webp\" alt=\"9987010a-a448-472d-9c60-2831b61a1d3a.webp\"/ data-glightbox=\"description: 9987010a-a448-472d-9c60-2831b61a1d3a.webp\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003cfigcaption\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most famous images from the shoot “Setting Earth”\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"admonition note\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"admonition-title\"\u003eNote\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\" data-preview=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It’s a short note that I make\nabout someone else’s content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=\"2\" data-reading-time=\"3\" data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\n\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external\"\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasa.gov/gallery/lunar-flyby/\" class=\"embed-card-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-image\"\u003e\n      \u003cimg src=\"https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/art002e015231/art002e015231~large.jpg\" alt=\"Artemis II Lunar Flyby - NASA — The first flyby images of the Moon captured by NASA’s Artemis II astronauts during their historic test flight reveal regions of the Moon\u0026#39;s far side, as well as an in-space solar eclipse. Released April 7, 2026, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen captured the images during the mission’s seven-hour flyby on April 6, 2026, showing humanity’s return to the Moon’s vicinity.\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\n    \u003c/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-content\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-title\"\u003eArtemis II Lunar Flyby - NASA\u003c/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-description\"\u003eThe first flyby images of the Moon captured by NASA’s Artemis II astronauts during their historic test flight reveal regions of the Moon\u0026#39;s far side, as well as an in-space solar eclipse. Released...\u003c/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-meta\"\u003eNASA \u0026middot; nasa.gov\u003c/div\u003e\n    \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\nOne of the biggest scientific achievement of our lifetime happened this week.  I will forever remember sitting in a Culvers in between theater builds looking through these photos as they came live, looking at them in awe.\n\n![9987010a-a448-472d-9c60-2831b61a1d3a.webp](http://dropper.wayl.one/file/9987010a-a448-472d-9c60-2831b61a1d3a.webp)\nOne of the most famous images from the shoot \"Setting Earth\"\n\n!!! note\n\n    This post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It's a short note that I make\n    about someone else's content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=2 data-reading-time=3 data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\n",
      "summary": "!https://www.nasa.gov/gallery/lunar-flyby/",
      "date_published": "2026-04-09T21:53:49Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-04-09T21:53:49Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "science",
        "thought"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-970/",
      "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-970/",
      "title": "💭 Explaining the Most Important Artemis II Photos - YouTube",
      "content_html": "\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external embed-card-provider-youtube\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-rich\"\u003e\n\u003clite-youtube videoid=\"oaXRREHVkHo\" title=\"Explaining the Most Important Artemis II Photos\" playlabel=\"Play: Explaining the Most Important Artemis II Photos\"\u003e\u003c/lite-youtube\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat an amazing set of photos created by the Artemis II crew accompanying a fantastic breakdown by Hank Green.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http://dropper.wayl.one/file/0b53a4ed-924e-42b5-84f4-51c189f60801.webp\" class=\"glightbox-link\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"glightbox\" src=\"http://dropper.wayl.one/file/0b53a4ed-924e-42b5-84f4-51c189f60801.webp\" alt=\"0b53a4ed-924e-42b5-84f4-51c189f60801.webp\"/ data-glightbox=\"description: 0b53a4ed-924e-42b5-84f4-51c189f60801.webp\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003cfigcaption\u003e\u003cp\u003eI like this one, as its probably one of the ones not shred a ton\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhole gallery is worth looking at \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasa.gov/gallery/lunar-flyby/\" style=\"--favicon-url: url(\u0026#39;/assets/markata/link-avatars/www.nasa.gov.png\u0026#39;);\" data-favicon=\"/assets/markata/link-avatars/www.nasa.gov.png\" class=\"has-avatar  has-avatar-before\"\u003ehttps://www.nasa.gov/gallery/lunar-flyby/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"admonition note\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"admonition-title\"\u003eNote\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\" data-preview=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It’s a short note that I make\nabout someone else’s content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=\"2\" data-reading-time=\"3\" data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\n\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external embed-card-provider-youtube\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-rich\"\u003e\n\u003clite-youtube videoid=\"oaXRREHVkHo\" title=\"Explaining the Most Important Artemis II Photos\" playlabel=\"Play: Explaining the Most Important Artemis II Photos\"\u003e\u003c/lite-youtube\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\nWhat an amazing set of photos created by the Artemis II crew accompanying a fantastic breakdown by Hank Green.\n\n![0b53a4ed-924e-42b5-84f4-51c189f60801.webp](http://dropper.wayl.one/file/0b53a4ed-924e-42b5-84f4-51c189f60801.webp)\nI like this one, as its probably one of the ones not shred a ton\n\nWhole gallery is worth looking at https://www.nasa.gov/gallery/lunar-flyby/\n\n!!! note\n\n    This post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It's a short note that I make\n    about someone else's content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=2 data-reading-time=3 data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\n",
      "summary": "!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaXRREHVkHo",
      "date_published": "2026-04-09T21:44:47Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-04-09T21:44:47Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "science",
        "thought"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-969/",
      "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-969/",
      "title": "💭 An AI state of the union: We’ve passed the inflection point \u0026 ...",
      "content_html": "\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external embed-card-provider-youtube\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-rich\"\u003e\n\u003clite-youtube videoid=\"wc8FBhQtdsA\" title=\"An AI state of the union: We’ve passed the inflection point \u0026amp; dark factories are coming\" playlabel=\"Play: An AI state of the union: We’ve passed the inflection point \u0026amp; dark factories are coming\"\u003e\u003c/lite-youtube\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA really interesting long form interview with @simonwillison.net.  If you follow him closely most of it is probably not new, but I found some interesting nuggets.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSimon is writing most of his code from his phone these days using anthropic hosted platform.  He mentioned that a lot of security risks go away when you don’t put secrets on the platform and you let them take the risk of running ai written code with ai chosen supply chain.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe talked about the Pelican Riding a Bike benchmark for quite awhile.  He was surprised at how well of a proxy it is for how capable a model is at just about everything.  He also said that when he runs the benchmark he also runs half a dozen others that he’s never talked about so that He could see if they were to train a model specific to his benchmark he could catch them, but it seems they had caught on and if they were they seem that they would already be doing it on all of his others anyways.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTDD is incredibly boring for humans, it strips so much creativity and joy from the process.  Who cares if agents are bored they do better when doing TDD.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"admonition note\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"admonition-title\"\u003eNote\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\" data-preview=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It’s a short note that I make\nabout someone else’s content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=\"2\" data-reading-time=\"3\" data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\n\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external embed-card-provider-youtube\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-rich\"\u003e\n\u003clite-youtube videoid=\"wc8FBhQtdsA\" title=\"An AI state of the union: We’ve passed the inflection point \u0026amp; dark factories are coming\" playlabel=\"Play: An AI state of the union: We’ve passed the inflection point \u0026amp; dark factories are coming\"\u003e\u003c/lite-youtube\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\nA really interesting long form interview with @simonwillison.net.  If you follow him closely most of it is probably not new, but I found some interesting nuggets.\n\nSimon is writing most of his code from his phone these days using anthropic hosted platform.  He mentioned that a lot of security risks go away when you don't put secrets on the platform and you let them take the risk of running ai written code with ai chosen supply chain.\n\nHe talked about the Pelican Riding a Bike benchmark for quite awhile.  He was surprised at how well of a proxy it is for how capable a model is at just about everything.  He also said that when he runs the benchmark he also runs half a dozen others that he's never talked about so that He could see if they were to train a model specific to his benchmark he could catch them, but it seems they had caught on and if they were they seem that they would already be doing it on all of his others anyways.\n\nTDD is incredibly boring for humans, it strips so much creativity and joy from the process.  Who cares if agents are bored they do better when doing TDD.\n\n!!! note\n\n    This post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It's a short note that I make\n    about someone else's content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=2 data-reading-time=3 data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\n",
      "summary": "!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc8FBhQtdsA",
      "date_published": "2026-04-08T09:29:40Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-04-08T09:29:40Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ai",
        "llm",
        "thought"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-968/",
      "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-968/",
      "title": "💭 DDR5 Prices are Crashing... Kind Of. - YouTube",
      "content_html": "\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external embed-card-provider-youtube\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-rich\"\u003e\n\u003clite-youtube videoid=\"0jCMF7OeH9w\" title=\"DDR5 Prices are Crashing... Kind Of.\" playlabel=\"Play: DDR5 Prices are Crashing... Kind Of.\"\u003e\u003c/lite-youtube\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTHIS is the future of \u003ca href=\"/homelab/\" class=\"glossary-term\" title=\"A place to self host applications. For me this is primarily self built web applications, and applications for sharing files with my family. Techno Tim has a...\"\u003ehomelab\u003c/a\u003e, excited to see someone who knows so much more about hardware than I do get excited about this.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/f69c86b9-ab79-46ad-9ef0-4d794544e943.webp\" class=\"glightbox-link\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"glightbox\" src=\"http://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/f69c86b9-ab79-46ad-9ef0-4d794544e943.webp\" alt=\"f69c86b9-ab79-46ad-9ef0-4d794544e943.webp\"/ data-glightbox=\"description: f69c86b9-ab79-46ad-9ef0-4d794544e943.webp\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"admonition note\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"admonition-title\"\u003eNote\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\" data-preview=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It’s a short note that I make\nabout someone else’s content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=\"2\" data-reading-time=\"3\" data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\n\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external embed-card-provider-youtube\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-rich\"\u003e\n\u003clite-youtube videoid=\"0jCMF7OeH9w\" title=\"DDR5 Prices are Crashing... Kind Of.\" playlabel=\"Play: DDR5 Prices are Crashing... Kind Of.\"\u003e\u003c/lite-youtube\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\nTHIS is the future of homelab, excited to see someone who knows so much more about hardware than I do get excited about this.\n\n![f69c86b9-ab79-46ad-9ef0-4d794544e943.webp](http://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/f69c86b9-ab79-46ad-9ef0-4d794544e943.webp)\n\n!!! note\n\n    This post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It's a short note that I make\n    about someone else's content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=2 data-reading-time=3 data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\n",
      "summary": "!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jCMF7OeH9w\u0026t=328s",
      "date_published": "2026-04-08T08:41:16Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-04-08T08:41:16Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "homelab",
        "thought"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-967/",
      "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-967/",
      "title": "💭 @seldo.com on Bluesky",
      "content_html": "\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external\"\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/seldo.com/post/3miybjol76p2r\" class=\"embed-card-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-image\"\u003e\n      \u003cimg class=\"glightbox\" src=\"https://cdn.bsky.app/img/avatar_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4w3lx5jmokfvihilz2q562ev/bafkreic3gypsfet4fdphv4pp3h3fbrbwuu54bu42ks4qs6h754syqo3fxi\" alt=\"Laurie Voss (@seldo.com) — Project Glasswing is a glimpse at an oncoming future in which agents do things humans could never have accomplished and the results are handled by other agents faster than humans could react and we are just spectators.\" loading=\"lazy\"/ data-glightbox=\"description: Laurie Voss (@seldo.com) — Project Glasswing is a glimpse at an oncoming future in which agents do things humans could never have accomplished and the results are handled by other agents faster than humans could react and we are just spectators.\"\u003e\n    \u003c/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-content\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-title\"\u003eLaurie Voss (@seldo.com)\u003c/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-description\"\u003eProject Glasswing is a glimpse at an oncoming future in which agents do things humans could never have accomplished and the results are handled by other agents faster than humans could react and we...\u003c/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-meta\"\u003eBluesky Social · bsky.app\u003c/div\u003e\n    \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIs Glasswing the next inflection point\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http://dropper.wayl.one/file/00bc13be-32bd-4410-b0c4-2ecc0f2f6b95.webp\" class=\"glightbox-link\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"glightbox\" src=\"http://dropper.wayl.one/file/00bc13be-32bd-4410-b0c4-2ecc0f2f6b95.webp\" alt=\"00bc13be-32bd-4410-b0c4-2ecc0f2f6b95.webp\"/ data-glightbox=\"description: 00bc13be-32bd-4410-b0c4-2ecc0f2f6b95.webp\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"admonition note\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"admonition-title\"\u003eNote\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\" data-preview=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It’s a short note that I make\nabout someone else’s content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=\"2\" data-reading-time=\"3\" data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\n\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external\"\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/seldo.com/post/3miybjol76p2r\" class=\"embed-card-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-image\"\u003e\n      \u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.bsky.app/img/avatar_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4w3lx5jmokfvihilz2q562ev/bafkreic3gypsfet4fdphv4pp3h3fbrbwuu54bu42ks4qs6h754syqo3fxi\" alt=\"Laurie Voss (@seldo.com) — Project Glasswing is a glimpse at an oncoming future in which agents do things humans could never have accomplished and the results are handled by other agents faster than humans could react and we are just spectators.\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\n    \u003c/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-content\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-title\"\u003eLaurie Voss (@seldo.com)\u003c/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-description\"\u003eProject Glasswing is a glimpse at an oncoming future in which agents do things humans could never have accomplished and the results are handled by other agents faster than humans could react and we...\u003c/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-meta\"\u003eBluesky Social \u0026middot; bsky.app\u003c/div\u003e\n    \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\nIs Glasswing the next inflection point\n\n\n![00bc13be-32bd-4410-b0c4-2ecc0f2f6b95.webp](http://dropper.wayl.one/file/00bc13be-32bd-4410-b0c4-2ecc0f2f6b95.webp)\n\n!!! note\n\n    This post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It's a short note that I make\n    about someone else's content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=2 data-reading-time=3 data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\n",
      "summary": "!https://bsky.app/profile/seldo.com/post/3miybjol76p2r",
      "date_published": "2026-04-08T07:31:34Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-04-08T07:31:34Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "llm",
        "ai",
        "thought"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-966/",
      "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-966/",
      "title": "💭 BumpMesh by CNC Kitchen",
      "content_html": "\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external\"\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https://bumpmesh.com/\" class=\"embed-card-link  has-avatar has-avatar-before\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"--favicon-url: url(\u0026#39;/assets/markata/link-avatars/bumpmesh.com.png\u0026#39;);\" data-favicon=\"/assets/markata/link-avatars/bumpmesh.com.png\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-content\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-title\"\u003eBumpMesh by CNC Kitchen\u003c/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-meta\"\u003ebumpmesh.com\u003c/div\u003e\n    \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbsolutely sick texture app from cnc kitchen.  Like him I’ve spent a bunch of time attempting and failing to learn blender, I’m so glad someone else vibe coded out such a good app that can \u003ccode\u003ejust\u003c/code\u003e add texture to stls with basic masks and is the very basics of what you would want to add to 3d prints to make them interesting, I’m excited to use this for some real projects.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http://dropper.wayl.one/file/d959e3dc-3fde-410b-acaf-8f0574f68a1a.webp\" class=\"glightbox-link\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"glightbox\" src=\"http://dropper.wayl.one/file/d959e3dc-3fde-410b-acaf-8f0574f68a1a.webp\" alt=\"d959e3dc-3fde-410b-acaf-8f0574f68a1a.webp\"/ data-glightbox=\"description: d959e3dc-3fde-410b-acaf-8f0574f68a1a.webp\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http://dropper.wayl.one/file/e10dddf6-0f2e-498f-bef7-81901afced7b.webp\" class=\"glightbox-link\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"glightbox\" src=\"http://dropper.wayl.one/file/e10dddf6-0f2e-498f-bef7-81901afced7b.webp\" alt=\"e10dddf6-0f2e-498f-bef7-81901afced7b.webp\"/ data-glightbox=\"description: e10dddf6-0f2e-498f-bef7-81901afced7b.webp\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"admonition note\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"admonition-title\"\u003eNote\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\" data-preview=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It’s a short note that I make\nabout someone else’s content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=\"2\" data-reading-time=\"3\" data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\n\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external\"\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https://bumpmesh.com/\" class=\"embed-card-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-content\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-title\"\u003eBumpMesh by CNC Kitchen\u003c/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-meta\"\u003ebumpmesh.com\u003c/div\u003e\n    \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\nAbsolutely sick texture app from cnc kitchen.  Like him I've spent a bunch of time attempting and failing to learn blender, I'm so glad someone else vibe coded out such a good app that can `just` add texture to stls with basic masks and is the very basics of what you would want to add to 3d prints to make them interesting, I'm excited to use this for some real projects.\n\n![d959e3dc-3fde-410b-acaf-8f0574f68a1a.webp](http://dropper.wayl.one/file/d959e3dc-3fde-410b-acaf-8f0574f68a1a.webp)\n\n![e10dddf6-0f2e-498f-bef7-81901afced7b.webp](http://dropper.wayl.one/file/e10dddf6-0f2e-498f-bef7-81901afced7b.webp)\n\n!!! note\n\n    This post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It's a short note that I make\n    about someone else's content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=2 data-reading-time=3 data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\n",
      "summary": "!https://bumpmesh.com/",
      "date_published": "2026-04-05T10:54:20Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-04-05T10:54:20Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "3d",
        "thought"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-965/",
      "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-965/",
      "title": "💭 Bush: Tiny Desk Concert - YouTube",
      "content_html": "\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external embed-card-provider-youtube\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-rich\"\u003e\n\u003clite-youtube videoid=\"lBuHH7WE4yE\" title=\"Bush: Tiny Desk Concert\" playlabel=\"Play: Bush: Tiny Desk Concert\"\u003e\u003c/lite-youtube\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBush on tiny desk.  Iconic band on an iconic platform.  Will be re-listening to this several times.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http://dropper.wayl.one/file/3b67304c-41cc-4040-b6cd-7e0c16633e3d.webp\" class=\"glightbox-link\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"glightbox\" src=\"http://dropper.wayl.one/file/3b67304c-41cc-4040-b6cd-7e0c16633e3d.webp\" alt=\"3b67304c-41cc-4040-b6cd-7e0c16633e3d.webp\"/ data-glightbox=\"description: 3b67304c-41cc-4040-b6cd-7e0c16633e3d.webp\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"admonition note\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"admonition-title\"\u003eNote\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\" data-preview=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It’s a short note that I make\nabout someone else’s content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=\"2\" data-reading-time=\"3\" data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\n\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external embed-card-provider-youtube\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-rich\"\u003e\n\u003clite-youtube videoid=\"lBuHH7WE4yE\" title=\"Bush: Tiny Desk Concert\" playlabel=\"Play: Bush: Tiny Desk Concert\"\u003e\u003c/lite-youtube\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\nBush on tiny desk.  Iconic band on an iconic platform.  Will be re-listening to this several times.\n\n![3b67304c-41cc-4040-b6cd-7e0c16633e3d.webp](http://dropper.wayl.one/file/3b67304c-41cc-4040-b6cd-7e0c16633e3d.webp)\n\n!!! note\n\n    This post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It's a short note that I make\n    about someone else's content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=2 data-reading-time=3 data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\n",
      "summary": "!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBuHH7WE4yE\u0026list=RDlBuHH7WE4yE\u0026start_radio=1",
      "date_published": "2026-04-03T20:23:28Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-04-03T20:23:28Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "music",
        "thought"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-964/",
      "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-964/",
      "title": "💭 GitHub - kraanzu/smassh at terminaltrove · GitHub",
      "content_html": "\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external\"\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/kraanzu/smassh?ref=terminaltrove\" class=\"embed-card-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-image\"\u003e\n      \u003cimg class=\"glightbox\" src=\"https://repository-images.githubusercontent.com/454288517/ffbff45f-2f28-4d8b-92d6-fbb22d457a62\" alt=\"GitHub - kraanzu/smassh at terminaltrove — Smassh your Keyboard, TUI Edition. Contribute to kraanzu/smassh development by creating an account on GitHub.\" loading=\"lazy\"/ data-glightbox=\"description: GitHub - kraanzu/smassh at terminaltrove — Smassh your Keyboard, TUI Edition. Contribute to kraanzu/smassh development by creating an account on GitHub.\"\u003e\n    \u003c/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-content\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-title\"\u003eGitHub - kraanzu/smassh at terminaltrove\u003c/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-description\"\u003eSmassh your Keyboard, TUI Edition. Contribute to kraanzu/smassh development by creating an account on GitHub.\u003c/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-meta\"\u003eGitHub · github.com\u003c/div\u003e\n    \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003esmassh is the coolest monkeytype tui clone, its impressively accurate.  Easy to install and run, all the same themes appear to be there and everything.  maybe a good way to get a few reps in while agents are running these days.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http://dropper.wayl.one/file/35102587-dffe-48ec-920a-a037917e7776.mp4\" class=\"glightbox-link\"\u003e\u003cvideo autoplay loop muted playsinline controls preload=\"metadata\" class=\"md-video\" poster=\"http://dropper.wayl.one/file/35102587-dffe-48ec-920a-a037917e7776.webp?h=675\u0026w=1200\"\u003e\u003csource src=\"http://dropper.wayl.one/file/35102587-dffe-48ec-920a-a037917e7776.mp4\" type=\"video/mp4\"\u003e35102587-dffe-48ec-920a-a037917e7776.mp4\u003c/video\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003cfigcaption\u003e\u003cp\u003eI need to go back and brush up on my skills I’m down a good 20wpm from what I should be doing.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"admonition note\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"admonition-title\"\u003eNote\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\" data-preview=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It’s a short note that I make\nabout someone else’s content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=\"2\" data-reading-time=\"3\" data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\n\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external\"\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/kraanzu/smassh?ref=terminaltrove\" class=\"embed-card-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-image\"\u003e\n      \u003cimg src=\"https://repository-images.githubusercontent.com/454288517/ffbff45f-2f28-4d8b-92d6-fbb22d457a62\" alt=\"GitHub - kraanzu/smassh at terminaltrove — Smassh your Keyboard, TUI Edition. Contribute to kraanzu/smassh development by creating an account on GitHub.\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\n    \u003c/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-content\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-title\"\u003eGitHub - kraanzu/smassh at terminaltrove\u003c/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-description\"\u003eSmassh your Keyboard, TUI Edition. Contribute to kraanzu/smassh development by creating an account on GitHub.\u003c/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-meta\"\u003eGitHub \u0026middot; github.com\u003c/div\u003e\n    \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\nsmassh is the coolest monkeytype tui clone, its impressively accurate.  Easy to install and run, all the same themes appear to be there and everything.  maybe a good way to get a few reps in while agents are running these days.\n\n![35102587-dffe-48ec-920a-a037917e7776.mp4](http://dropper.wayl.one/file/35102587-dffe-48ec-920a-a037917e7776.mp4)\nI need to go back and brush up on my skills I'm down a good 20wpm from what I should be doing.\n\n!!! note\n\n    This post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It's a short note that I make\n    about someone else's content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=2 data-reading-time=3 data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\n",
      "summary": "!https://github.com/kraanzu/smassh?ref=terminaltrove",
      "date_published": "2026-04-02T09:07:37Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-04-02T09:07:37Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "terminal",
        "tui",
        "thought"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-963/",
      "url": "https://go.waylonwalker.com/thought-963/",
      "title": "💭 What Happens When AI Stops Being Artificially Cheap | Daniel M...",
      "content_html": "\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external\"\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https://danielmiessler.com/blog/ai-stops-being-artificially-cheap\" class=\"embed-card-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-image\"\u003e\n      \u003cimg class=\"glightbox\" src=\"https://danielmiessler.com/images/ai-stops-being-artificially-cheap-thumb.png?t=1776460310982\" alt=\"What Happens When AI Stops Being Artificially Cheap — The subsidy era is ending. Here\" loading=\"lazy\"/ data-glightbox=\"description: What Happens When AI Stops Being Artificially Cheap — The subsidy era is ending. Here\"\u003e\n    \u003c/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-content\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-title\"\u003eWhat Happens When AI Stops Being Artificially Cheap\u003c/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-description\"\u003eThe subsidy era is ending. Here\u003c/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-meta\"\u003edanielmiessler.com\u003c/div\u003e\n    \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI’ve been thinking about this for awhile and Daniel makes some great arguments here.  Interestingly keeping inference cheap removes the incentives to make our tools better, help us choose the right model, lean on local models, open weight models.  The frontier models are so affordable through subsidized subscription models why would you deal with anything less intelligent at this point.  The tooling we use is not optimized for it, and why should it be.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"admonition note\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"admonition-title\"\u003eNote\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\" data-preview=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It’s a short note that I make\nabout someone else’s content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=\"2\" data-reading-time=\"3\" data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n",
      "content_text": "\n\u003cdiv class=\"embed-card embed-card-external\"\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https://danielmiessler.com/blog/ai-stops-being-artificially-cheap\" class=\"embed-card-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-image\"\u003e\n      \u003cimg src=\"https://danielmiessler.com/images/ai-stops-being-artificially-cheap-thumb.png?t=1776460310982\" alt=\"What Happens When AI Stops Being Artificially Cheap — The subsidy era is ending. Here\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\n    \u003c/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-content\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-title\"\u003eWhat Happens When AI Stops Being Artificially Cheap\u003c/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-description\"\u003eThe subsidy era is ending. Here\u003c/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"embed-card-meta\"\u003edanielmiessler.com\u003c/div\u003e\n    \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\nI've been thinking about this for awhile and Daniel makes some great arguments here.  Interestingly keeping inference cheap removes the incentives to make our tools better, help us choose the right model, lean on local models, open weight models.  The frontier models are so affordable through subsidized subscription models why would you deal with anything less intelligent at this point.  The tooling we use is not optimized for it, and why should it be.\n\n!!! note\n\n    This post is a \u003ca href=\"/thoughts/\" class=\"wikilink\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-description=\"These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don\u0026#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my...\" data-date=\"2024-04-01\"\u003ethought\u003c/a\u003e. It's a short note that I make\n    about someone else's content online \u003ca href=\"/tags/thoughts/\" class=\"hashtag-tag\" data-tag=\"thoughts\" data-count=2 data-reading-time=3 data-reading-time-text=\"3 minutes\"\u003e#thoughts\u003c/a\u003e\n",
      "summary": "!https://danielmiessler.com/blog/ai-stops-being-artificially-cheap",
      "date_published": "2026-04-01T12:04:12Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-04-01T12:04:12Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Waylon Walker",
          "url": "https://waylonwalker.com",
          "avatar": "/8bitcc.png"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "llm",
        "ai",
        "thought"
      ]
    }
  ]
}