The Ghost in the Machine: Why AI Still Needs an Engineer's Judgment

I vibe-coded a stock market heat map in 15 minutes. Then I spent hours fixing data bugs and untangling an over-engineered caching nightmare. Vibe coding is amazing for prototyping, but production still demands an engineer's judgment.

The Machines Are Talking to Themselves

AI agents now consume more tokens than humans. The Token Law — a demand-side exponential far steeper than Moore's Law — is reshaping the economics of computing. Here's what the data shows.

Inversion of Control

In software engineering, Inversion of Control means the framework calls your code — not the other way around. I applied the same principle to my life, letting an AI agent manage my years-long backlog of personal tasks. The result was...

From Chatbot to Employee: Why 2026 is the Year of the AI Agent

2026 marks the shift from passive chatbots to autonomous AI agents. After a weekend with OpenClaw and experience with Manus, I've seen the future: AI that actually does things, not just talks about them.

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Cloud9: IDE in the cloud

Cloud9 is a cloud based IDE that works completely within the browser. It even provides a full linux terminal within the browser. It is ideal to try out some open source language/framework quickly without doing the full setup.

@benguild: Leaked screenshots of native Google Maps (Alpha) for iOS 6.

@benguild: Leaked screenshots of native Google Maps (Alpha) for iOS 6.

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