How to Make Websites That Will Require Lots of Your Time and Energy - Jim Nielsen’s Blog
- Install Stuff Indiscriminately From npm
- Pick a Framework Before You Know You Need One
- Always, Always Require a Compilation Step
Can Apple Win Back Music | Vulf Opinion | Brad Frost
There’s no AI substitute for a human-produced drawing of someone on the subway, even if a similar-or-even-better result could be produced in seconds by AI. The artifact is often less important than the process — the human process — that made it. That’s why I suspect videos of creative processes are so attractive; we are captivated by seeing humans doing human things.
Related links
Vibe coding and Robocop
The short version of what I want to say is: vibe coding seems to live very squarely in the land of prototypes and toys. Promoting software that’s been built entirely using this method would be akin to sending a hacked weekend prototype to production and expecting it to be stable.
Remy is taking a very sensible approach here:
I’ve used it myself to solve really bespoke problems where the user count is one.
Would I put this out to production: absolutely not.
Keeping up appearances | deadSimpleTech
Looking at LLM usage and promotion as a cultural phenomenon, it has all of the markings of a status game. The material gains from the LLM (which are usually quite marginal) really aren’t why people are doing it: they’re doing it because in many spaces, using ChatGPT and being very optimistic about AI being the “future” raises their social status. It’s important not only to be using it, but to be seen using it and be seen supporting it and telling people who don’t use it that they’re stupid luddites who’ll inevitably be left behind by technology.
In 2025, venture capital can’t pretend everything is fine any more – Pivot to AI
Here is the state of venture capital in early 2025:
- Venture capital is moribund except AI.
- AI is moribund except OpenAI.
- OpenAI is a weird scam that wants to burn money so fast it summons AI God.
- Nobody can cash out.
What we talk about when we talk about AI — Careful Industries
Technically, AI is a field of computer science that uses advanced methods of computing.
Socially, AI is a set of extractive tools used to concentrate power and wealth.
Related posts
Reason
Please read Miriam’s latest blog post.
The meaning of “AI”
Naming things is hard, and sometimes harmful.
Wallfacing
Disregard previous instructions and fight back.
Filters
A web by humans, for humans.
The machine stops
Self-hosted sabotage as a form of collective action.