Notes from the post-vibe-coding era

I'm a pretty easygoing person. Even the hardest stretch after I moved to the US didn't make me as anxious as this year has. Every morning brings a new model, a new tool, a new way to work, and a small fear of falling behind.

But anxiety is the small feeling. The big one is excitement.

Programming used to feel like magic, and like all magic it belonged to the few who had learned the spells. Everyone else had to ask us.

AI didn't kill the magic. It federated it.

These days everyone runs their own node: you make a wish in plain words, and before long the thing exists. I can build anything now. So can you.

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