How exactly is doing more AI going to make it better? A reaction to two recent popular articles by Charity Majors. Is AI a big deal? Is resistance to AI fundamentalism? Does the solution to the current problems emerge from doing more of it?
Something Big is Happening #3 More reports on the impact of AI on software engineering, a look at the growing enshittification of digital products through AI, and how the tech industry is dealing with the climate crisis
Something Big is Happening #2 Quantity isn't quality; cash is being burnt at unprecedented rates; trillion-dollar companies can't afford to buy books, and a couple of positive notes to cheer us up!
Something Big Is Happening #1 An update on the environmental, cognitive and economic impacts of the GenAI fever, plus a bunch of recommended reads to go deeper.
Lovable, Lovableed, Lovabad How a potentially easy-to-handle security issue turned into a complete PR disaster for the hyped European AI-startup Lovable.
Something big is happening Not the kind of "big" you might be looking for, but read on, as you might have missed some important signals coming from the industry at large
Postiz has a slop problem How the guy who's selling cocaine to friends and family is complaining about the junkies showing up in their lovely neighbourhood. How dare they!