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I built a CLI for Ghost
John O'Nolan built a CLI for his own product - and found himself using it in an entirely new way. The underlying trend here is really exciting.
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Stochastic parrots, text extruders, extractive business models, and chatbots.
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Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them
"The materialist response isn't to reject the new technology. It's to evolve our licenses to encompass it."
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AI is changing the style and substance of human writing, study finds
"Teams from Google and leading universities found that large-language models change the voice, tone and intended meaning of human authors."
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Agentic Engineering Patterns
Simon Willison is building a great, ongoing, work-in-progress guide for understanding agentic engineering.
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Businesses rush to rehire staff after regretted AI-driven cuts
"Two in three employers that reduced headcount because of artificial intelligence are already rehiring laid off staff, as most express regret over how they handled the AI-led retrenchments."
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When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry”
AI use can lead to burnout - but how you use it really matters.
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BuzzFeed Nearing Bankruptcy After Disastrous Turn Toward AI
Buzzfeed pivoted to AI - and now finds itself circling the drain.
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Good vibes, bad vendors
AI coding works now. Here's how to think about it.
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Hiring in an era of fake candidates, real scams and AI slop
"Red flags that both job seekers and employers should watch for, in an era of AI slop and application scams."
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The Five Levels: from Spicy Autocomplete to the Software Factory
"I’ve now seen dozens of companies struggling to put AI to work writing code, and each one has moved through five clear tiers of automation. That felt familiar."
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2025: The year in LLMs
Simon Willison breaks down what happened in the LLM space in 2025. Some of it has the potential to transform tech forever.
Future of News
Is the article dead?
Personalization is coming to journalism. The question is: who controls it?