Open Source Is Struggling and Open Source Might Be the Answer
The social construct is fraying. The principle is thriving. The distinction between the two is the only thing that matters.…
WASM Isn't Always Faster
WebAssembly delivers on its promise, but the promise is more specific than the marketing suggests. The advantage isn't raw speed — it's predictable performance in the face of computational unpredictability.…
Deploy From Here
The centralized CI/CD pipeline was the right bridge for its era. Containers, powerful workstations, and agentic tooling put us on the other side.…
Token Spend is a Vanity Metric
The companies pulling back aren't proving AI doesn't work. They're proving that vanity metrics and unlimited budgets are a bad combination regardless of the technology.…
Mythos vs. the Monolith
Anthropic announced recently that their new Mythos model is too dangerous to release to the public. It can find vulnerabilities and exploit them at a rate never before seen. And while many of us are taking this news with a grain of salt since all the AI companies are in…
Your AI strategy is probably too complicated
AI continues to consume all the oxygen in the room. We’ve gone from surprise to memes to denial with bouts of anger and sadness. And maybe just a touch of nihilism as we watch the multi-trillion dollar companies in this space maneuver, collapse entire consumer ecosystems, and appear…
The Claude Code Leak: A Masterclass in the "Iceberg" of Engineering
Claude Code leaked recently due to a misconfigured software pipeline—the digital equivalent of leaving the back door to the vault wide open. The internet reaction was swift; while it wasn't quite a "Gangnam Style" server-breaking event, people rushed to grab the source code before…
The AI x Workflow Conundrum
We love talking about AI in extremes; we focus on total disruption, mass unemployment, or the rise of robot overlords. We spend endless cycles on financing and existential risks, often overlooking the practical reality of how this technology actually shows up at work today. To move from speculation to strategy,…