Drew Breunig
@dbreunig.bsky.social
An irony of the AI age is that relationships matter more. www.economist.com/business/202...
Job applicants are winning the AI arms race against recruiters
Companies have been hit by a wave of chatbot-generated applications
www.economist.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:55 PM
An irony of the AI age is that relationships matter more. www.economist.com/business/202...
Got nerd-sniped into shepherding Claude while it implemented just-bash in Python.
It's a good continuation from whenwords. The test coverage is high (the orig repo and Bash itself).
I really like this idea of emulation as an option prior to using a full sandbox. github.com/dbreunig/jus...
It's a good continuation from whenwords. The test coverage is high (the orig repo and Bash itself).
I really like this idea of emulation as an option prior to using a full sandbox. github.com/dbreunig/jus...
GitHub - dbreunig/just-bash-py: Python Bash emulation for agents, a port of vercel-labs/just-bash
Python Bash emulation for agents, a port of vercel-labs/just-bash - dbreunig/just-bash-py
github.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Got nerd-sniped into shepherding Claude while it implemented just-bash in Python.
It's a good continuation from whenwords. The test coverage is high (the orig repo and Bash itself).
I really like this idea of emulation as an option prior to using a full sandbox. github.com/dbreunig/jus...
It's a good continuation from whenwords. The test coverage is high (the orig repo and Bash itself).
I really like this idea of emulation as an option prior to using a full sandbox. github.com/dbreunig/jus...
AI writing feedback always feels a little off to me… Like it's been post-trained to death on linear reasoning sequences, or something.
January 17, 2026 at 12:02 AM
AI writing feedback always feels a little off to me… Like it's been post-trained to death on linear reasoning sequences, or something.
You can bet $10k on the Dodgers making the playoffs, to win $100.
Or you can put $10k in a 1 year CD at 4% and get $400.
Or you can put $10k in a 1 year CD at 4% and get $400.
January 16, 2026 at 5:49 PM
You can bet $10k on the Dodgers making the playoffs, to win $100.
Or you can put $10k in a 1 year CD at 4% and get $400.
Or you can put $10k in a 1 year CD at 4% and get $400.
It is amazing how poorly labeled and undersold that chart is given the importance of what it conveys.
The gap between the two lines is the value of a human in the loop. www.anthropic.com/research/ant...
The gap between the two lines is the value of a human in the loop. www.anthropic.com/research/ant...
January 16, 2026 at 4:32 PM
It is amazing how poorly labeled and undersold that chart is given the importance of what it conveys.
The gap between the two lines is the value of a human in the loop. www.anthropic.com/research/ant...
The gap between the two lines is the value of a human in the loop. www.anthropic.com/research/ant...
Terence Tao's takes on how AI helps mathematicians resonate the most with my feeling about coding agents as well.
January 14, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Terence Tao's takes on how AI helps mathematicians resonate the most with my feeling about coding agents as well.
This is a perfect but of humor for a very specific niche of shareware enthusiast. cc @ernie.tedium.co youtu.be/z34DIbpu46M
How to make photos look vintage- helpful tutorial from Sam Campbell | Remote Comedy from The Paddock
YouTube video by E4
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January 11, 2026 at 11:37 PM
This is a perfect but of humor for a very specific niche of shareware enthusiast. cc @ernie.tedium.co youtu.be/z34DIbpu46M
Today I'm launching whenwords, an open-source software library with NO CODE.
whenwords supports Ruby, Python, Rust, Elixir, Swift, PHP, and Bash. I’m sure it works in other languages, too. Those are just the ones I've tried. www.dbreunig.com/2026/01/08/a...
whenwords supports Ruby, Python, Rust, Elixir, Swift, PHP, and Bash. I’m sure it works in other languages, too. Those are just the ones I've tried. www.dbreunig.com/2026/01/08/a...
A Software Library with No Code
Do we still need libraries of 3rd party code when AI agents are this good?
www.dbreunig.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Today I'm launching whenwords, an open-source software library with NO CODE.
whenwords supports Ruby, Python, Rust, Elixir, Swift, PHP, and Bash. I’m sure it works in other languages, too. Those are just the ones I've tried. www.dbreunig.com/2026/01/08/a...
whenwords supports Ruby, Python, Rust, Elixir, Swift, PHP, and Bash. I’m sure it works in other languages, too. Those are just the ones I've tried. www.dbreunig.com/2026/01/08/a...
I am simultaneously awed by the inventive, perfect UI...while instinctually recoiling a the notion of dial-a-nostalgia creation.
January 7, 2026 at 7:01 PM
I am simultaneously awed by the inventive, perfect UI...while instinctually recoiling a the notion of dial-a-nostalgia creation.
At the DSPy meetup we hosted, Omar Khattab gave a great talk about the philosophy of DSPy, why it matters, and treating AI engineering as an actual engineering discipline. Here's the recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I77y...
Omar Khattab on the State of DSPy
YouTube video by cmpnd
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January 6, 2026 at 6:06 PM
At the DSPy meetup we hosted, Omar Khattab gave a great talk about the philosophy of DSPy, why it matters, and treating AI engineering as an actual engineering discipline. Here's the recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I77y...
Anybody know what's going on in Arkansas?
January 1, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Anybody know what's going on in Arkansas?
The final 2025 issue of my newsletter just went out.
This was my first year maintaining one; it seemed to go pretty well! buttondown.com/dbreunig/arc...
This was my first year maintaining one; it seemed to go pretty well! buttondown.com/dbreunig/arc...
December Wrap Up
Hi all, In 2024, we said scaling laws will solve everything. All we needed was more data, more processors, and everything would be fine. That wasn’t quite...
buttondown.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The final 2025 issue of my newsletter just went out.
This was my first year maintaining one; it seemed to go pretty well! buttondown.com/dbreunig/arc...
This was my first year maintaining one; it seemed to go pretty well! buttondown.com/dbreunig/arc...
The most useful book I read this year was "The Railway Journey," by Wolfgang Schivelbush, which explores how the arrival of the railroad shaped culture.
It helped me contextualize the impact of AI better than anything else. Strongly recommended. amzn.to/4jlb5sS
It helped me contextualize the impact of AI better than anything else. Strongly recommended. amzn.to/4jlb5sS
Railway Journey: The Industrialization of Time and Space in the Nineteenth Century
The impact of constant technological change upon our perception of the world is so pervasive as to have become a commonplace of modern society. But this was not always the case; as Wolfgang Schivelbus...
amzn.to
December 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The most useful book I read this year was "The Railway Journey," by Wolfgang Schivelbush, which explores how the arrival of the railroad shaped culture.
It helped me contextualize the impact of AI better than anything else. Strongly recommended. amzn.to/4jlb5sS
It helped me contextualize the impact of AI better than anything else. Strongly recommended. amzn.to/4jlb5sS
Looking back on 2025: jagged intelligence becomes a fault line.
It's been an incredible year for AI, shaped by the success of synthetic data and coding applications. The challenge is to now building trust through reliability. www.dbreunig.com/2025/12/29/2...
It's been an incredible year for AI, shaped by the success of synthetic data and coding applications. The challenge is to now building trust through reliability. www.dbreunig.com/2025/12/29/2...
2025 in Review: Jagged Intelligence Becomes a Fault Line
Looking back on 2025, the incredible pace of AI is stunning. But fast growth brings disconnects.
www.dbreunig.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Looking back on 2025: jagged intelligence becomes a fault line.
It's been an incredible year for AI, shaped by the success of synthetic data and coding applications. The challenge is to now building trust through reliability. www.dbreunig.com/2025/12/29/2...
It's been an incredible year for AI, shaped by the success of synthetic data and coding applications. The challenge is to now building trust through reliability. www.dbreunig.com/2025/12/29/2...
Every month or so, I wonder why no politician picked up and ran with this story. www.newsweek.com/kroger-execu...
Kroger executive admits company gouged prices above inflation
Kroger's senior director for pricing Andy Groff said the grocery giant had raised prices for eggs and milk beyond inflation levels.
www.newsweek.com
December 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Every month or so, I wonder why no politician picked up and ran with this story. www.newsweek.com/kroger-execu...
Why I write (and you should too!) www.dbreunig.com/2025/12/27/w...
Why I Write (And You Should Too!)
Publicly writing is one of the most valuable things you can do. It improves your thinking, ability to communicate, and connects you to interesting people.
www.dbreunig.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Why I write (and you should too!) www.dbreunig.com/2025/12/27/w...
Can someone at @popsci.com let us know how much traffic they get sent thanks to Apple continually linking to this article in Weather?
December 25, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Can someone at @popsci.com let us know how much traffic they get sent thanks to Apple continually linking to this article in Weather?
One big applied AI story in 2025 is the rise of inference endpoints that call models equipped with web search, access to files, and code execution. The share of “naked” model calls dropped. www.dbreunig.com/2025/12/19/h...
How Model Use Has Changed in 2025
We aren’t just asking for text completion or chat, a good chunk of us are now hitting a single endpoint that can execute code, use a computer, manipulate files, and search the web.
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December 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
One big applied AI story in 2025 is the rise of inference endpoints that call models equipped with web search, access to files, and code execution. The share of “naked” model calls dropped. www.dbreunig.com/2025/12/19/h...
Jose was 20 years ahead of his time. (This feels like something @ernie.tedium.co would have written about) www.latimes.com/archives/la-...
December 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Jose was 20 years ahead of his time. (This feels like something @ernie.tedium.co would have written about) www.latimes.com/archives/la-...
Reposted by Drew Breunig
They fine-tuned an LLM specifically only by feeding it out-of-date bird names, and it started talking like it lived in the 19th century
December 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
They fine-tuned an LLM specifically only by feeding it out-of-date bird names, and it started talking like it lived in the 19th century
One of the best blogging mechanisms ever was selecting text from a webpage and clicking the Tumblr bookmarklet.
December 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
One of the best blogging mechanisms ever was selecting text from a webpage and clicking the Tumblr bookmarklet.
Reports about AI usage ended up telling a consistent story: www.dbreunig.com/2025/12/06/t...
Enterprise Agents Have a Reliability Problem
Every enterprise AI report tells the same story once you look past the headlines: chatbot adoption is booming, internal pilots are failing. Reliability is the barrier holding agents back.
www.dbreunig.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Reports about AI usage ended up telling a consistent story: www.dbreunig.com/2025/12/06/t...
This week’s Money Stuff podcast ends suspiciously abruptly, with an edit cutting off a heavy
@matt-levine.bsky.social
sigh while discussing Goldman paying $2B for Innovator Capital.
@matt-levine.bsky.social
sigh while discussing Goldman paying $2B for Innovator Capital.
December 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This week’s Money Stuff podcast ends suspiciously abruptly, with an edit cutting off a heavy
@matt-levine.bsky.social
sigh while discussing Goldman paying $2B for Innovator Capital.
@matt-levine.bsky.social
sigh while discussing Goldman paying $2B for Innovator Capital.
