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The Efficiency Illusion tech-labor
2026-02-11 00:00:00

Claims that AI agents can build complex systems to ā€œ99% completionā€ deserve careful interpretation.

The missing 1% is not evenly distributed work. It is not a handful of edge cases waiting to be patched. In real systems, the last 1% is usually the…

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Repent The End Is Nigh general
2026-01-29 00:00:34

repent (verb): to change one’s way of thinking after recognizing a flawed assumption.

Tech as labor is not ā€œending tomorrow.ā€ It’s declining. Possibly halving in 10 years.

Layoffs keep coming. Amazon is cutting roughly 14,000 corporate roles.…

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The Collapse of the Mechanical Tier general
2026-01-20 06:54:51

Why Tech’s Golden Age Was an Accident — and Why It Isn’t Coming Back

For a brief and historically strange moment, technology enjoyed a privilege almost no other field has ever had. It wasn’t just high-paying. It wasn’t just prestigious. It was…

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The Intelligence Inflation Loop general
2026-01-14 17:16:47

This is not a moral argument. It is a mechanical sequence. When intelligence is tokenized, priced per unit, and made abundant, the following dynamics follow a predictable trajectory.

1. Compression (Euphoria)

The initial phase is defined by the…

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Moonshot: Designing a Pareto-Optimal Solar-Electric System moonshot
2026-01-02 00:00:00

Moonshot is not an attempt to maximize any single metric. It is an attempt to reduce fragility. The system is shaped by a few constraints that aren’t obvious if you come from either traditional marine design or consumer solar kits.

**1. Battery risk…

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Tech employment is losing relevance general
2025-12-30 19:32:18
### Tech employment is losing relevance Tech employment has been bleeding for long enough that it no longer feels like a crisis. It feels like background conditions. Layoffs recur. Reorgs stack. Compensation bands flatten. Expectations rise…
When AI Reads Comics: A Panel-by-Panel Comparison Between Gemini, Claude, and ChatGPT art-c
2025-12-29 00:00:00
# šŸ“˜ When AI Reads Comics: A Panel-by-Panel Comparison Between Gemini, Claude, and ChatGPT ### …and Why I’m Still Using ChatGPT for Creative Work (For Now) By Alwyn Art-C Chronicles --- ## Introduction: Letting Three AIs Read One Com…
AI Doesn’t Need to Be Smart to Wreck Tech Careers tech-labor
2025-12-29 00:00:00
# AI Doesn’t Need to Be Smart to Wreck Tech Careers I still see posts claiming ā€œAI won’t replace developers, it makes dumb mistakes.ā€ Yes, it does. Think of the infamous Taco Bell ordering bot that spat out 18,000 drinks. MIT research als…
FSIQ vs. GAI in the Age of GPT — Rethinking Tech Hiring hiring
2025-12-29 00:00:00
# FSIQ vs. GAI in the Age of GPT — Rethinking Tech Hiring A memo for teams that want builders, not answer sheets. --- ## TL;DR GPT now produces canonical coding answers in \~30 seconds. If your loop measures recall under pressure, y…
The Renaissance Developer Inside AWS: A Closer Look aws
2025-12-29 00:00:00
# The Renaissance Developer Inside AWS: A Closer Look AWS has recently popularized the idea of a ā€œRenaissance developerā€ā€”a modern builder who moves fluidly across domains, draws connections between fields, and operates with the kind of inte…
Many in Tech Are About to Become Unemployable — And They Can’t Even Fix Their Own Sink agency
2025-12-29 00:00:00
# Many in Tech Are About to Become Unemployable — And They Can’t Even Fix Their Own Sink ... ## High Pay, Low Agency In the past, white-collar workers enjoyed both money and autonomy. A strong job market and steady demand for engineers mean…
Unwritten: The Pages You Sold For 30 Cents manifesto
2025-12-29 00:00:00
# Unwritten: The Pages You Sold For 30 Cents ### I. The Arithmetic of a Life Sold Short Do the math people don’t want to do. Forty hours a week at your ā€œcushyā€ job. Add fifteen more because ā€œwe’re counting on youā€ and reliability is…
On the Relative Cheapness of a Home That Is a Boat general
2025-12-25 13:22:18
# On the Relative Cheapness of a Home That Is a Boat (a formal argument) Warning: contains unnecessary amounts of set theory. --- ## Abstract We present a simple formal model showing that a home that is a boat (HB) is cheap. The res…
Starbucks: Turnaround or Tailspin? A Comprehensive Analysis general
2025-12-25 13:22:18
# Starbucks: Turnaround or Tailspin? A Comprehensive Analysis Introduction: Starbucks stands at a critical crossroads, navigating substantial financial distress, worsening labor relations, strategic ambiguity, and a challenging macroeco…
Starbucks at a Crossroads: Macro Headwinds vs. Micro Control general
2025-12-25 13:22:18
# Starbucks at a Crossroads: Macro Headwinds vs. Micro Control ## Macro vs. Micro Control When Brian Niccol turned Chipotle around after its salmonella outbreaks, he faced a problem of micro control. That crisis was solvable by changing v…
The Amazon Vet Way: The Hidden Cost of Overwork general
2025-12-25 13:22:18
## The Amazon Vet Way: The Hidden Cost of Overwork If I asked to borrow $100, you’d probably hesitate. You might ask when I’ll pay it back. But if your employer borrows ten hours of your life every week, you don’t flinch — because in bi…
Sail Away general
2025-12-25 13:22:18
# Sail Away ### By Alwyn (Draft for RTC-zined) --- ## I. Introduction: From Golden Ticket to Golden Cage For years, the H-1B visa program was portrayed as a golden ticket into the heart of the American dream. The story was simple: come to t…