Mike Hadlow
@mikehadlow.com
Lewes, UK. Software guy. blog: mikehadlow.com. TypeScript, C#. Author of guitardashboard.com and easynetq.com. Talk to me about: code / tech / guitar / science / history / progressive-rock
Hey, I've met Barry too. Does that mean I have a Swift number of only 1 !!!! Mind blown.
January 10, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Hey, I've met Barry too. Does that mean I have a Swift number of only 1 !!!! Mind blown.
Interesting take on how LLMs can alter the mastery/time graph for various skills. Quite bullish on rejecting the claim that AI will come for creative jobs.
tombedor.dev/ai-is-a-floo...
tombedor.dev/ai-is-a-floo...
AI is a Floor Raiser, not a Ceiling Raiser | Tom Bedor's Blog
A reshaped learning curve
tombedor.dev
January 9, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Interesting take on how LLMs can alter the mastery/time graph for various skills. Quite bullish on rejecting the claim that AI will come for creative jobs.
tombedor.dev/ai-is-a-floo...
tombedor.dev/ai-is-a-floo...
Ha ha, the script writes itself. π
January 9, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Ha ha, the script writes itself. π
That's actually quite funny. Do you think they have a similar-but-different one to phish right-wing people?
What would you put in it? "We're adding a rainbow button to the footer of each email..." π
What would you put in it? "We're adding a rainbow button to the footer of each email..." π
January 9, 2026 at 2:25 PM
That's actually quite funny. Do you think they have a similar-but-different one to phish right-wing people?
What would you put in it? "We're adding a rainbow button to the footer of each email..." π
What would you put in it? "We're adding a rainbow button to the footer of each email..." π
... to further torture the metaphor, it probably lowers your fitness level though.
January 9, 2026 at 12:56 PM
... to further torture the metaphor, it probably lowers your fitness level though.
One thing I'm finding with Claude Code is that it considerably lowers the "can I be bothered to do that" barrier. Not just in terms of time, but also in mental effort. It's like having an electric bicycle, you probably don't go that much faster, but it's a lot less effort getting there....
January 9, 2026 at 12:56 PM
One thing I'm finding with Claude Code is that it considerably lowers the "can I be bothered to do that" barrier. Not just in terms of time, but also in mental effort. It's like having an electric bicycle, you probably don't go that much faster, but it's a lot less effort getting there....
The 2026 equivalent of "I'll just Google that for you." is "I'll just ask Claude Code to do that." π
January 9, 2026 at 10:07 AM
The 2026 equivalent of "I'll just Google that for you." is "I'll just ask Claude Code to do that." π
Who needs Claude Code when you've got one of these units.
It thinks like a man!
It thinks like a man!
January 7, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Who needs Claude Code when you've got one of these units.
It thinks like a man!
It thinks like a man!
He he, "Xi's not there" I'm a big enough fan of 60s psychedelia to understand that reference. Good to know that Economist editors share my interests.
βThis really does show the limits of Chinaβs muscle and power around the world.β On βThe Intelligenceβ Aaron Connelly looks at Venezuelaβs fair-weather friendship. Listen to the daily podcast
Xiβs not there: what Chinaβs Venezuela response reveals
Also on the daily podcast: questioning the dollarβs reserve-currency status and shoddy truths about lush handbags
econ.st
January 6, 2026 at 12:35 PM
He he, "Xi's not there" I'm a big enough fan of 60s psychedelia to understand that reference. Good to know that Economist editors share my interests.
Very belated happy Christmas to you too.
January 5, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Very belated happy Christmas to you too.
I asked my 23 YO son if he'd ever read a paper newspaper. He said that if he saw someone his age reading one he'd simply think they were posing.
January 5, 2026 at 11:45 AM
I asked my 23 YO son if he'd ever read a paper newspaper. He said that if he saw someone his age reading one he'd simply think they were posing.
Very good interview with Yann LeCun in this weekend's FT (sorry behind a paywall - I read the pink paper version - yeah, old school). Listening and reading interviews with the top AI researchers, there seems to be a big push now to integrate formal systems - world models - with LLMs.
Computer scientist Yann LeCun: βIntelligence really is about learningβ
The AI pioneer on stepping down from Meta, the limits of large language models β and the launch of his new start-up
www.ft.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Very good interview with Yann LeCun in this weekend's FT (sorry behind a paywall - I read the pink paper version - yeah, old school). Listening and reading interviews with the top AI researchers, there seems to be a big push now to integrate formal systems - world models - with LLMs.
Steve Yegge as provocative as ever making some big predictions about the impact of AI coding agents:
steve-yegge.medium.com/the-future-o...
steve-yegge.medium.com/the-future-o...
The Future of Coding Agents
It has been three days since I launched Gas Town! π₯β½π₯π’οΈπ₯ Woohoo!
steve-yegge.medium.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Steve Yegge as provocative as ever making some big predictions about the impact of AI coding agents:
steve-yegge.medium.com/the-future-o...
steve-yegge.medium.com/the-future-o...
Do you have a link for this where I can read about it more detail?
January 3, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Do you have a link for this where I can read about it more detail?
Sounds super interesting. Is it online? Can I see it?
January 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Sounds super interesting. Is it online? Can I see it?
Thanks Martin! Happy New Year to you.
Hope all is well with you too.
Hope all is well with you too.
January 3, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Thanks Martin! Happy New Year to you.
Hope all is well with you too.
Hope all is well with you too.
Nice outing with the family to start the year. I do like a castle.
January 3, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Nice outing with the family to start the year. I do like a castle.
Thanks so much for the kind words!
One day I'll find some time to do some more work on it, it's been far too long.
Tell me about your side project?
One day I'll find some time to do some more work on it, it's been far too long.
Tell me about your side project?
January 3, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Thanks so much for the kind words!
One day I'll find some time to do some more work on it, it's been far too long.
Tell me about your side project?
One day I'll find some time to do some more work on it, it's been far too long.
Tell me about your side project?
Enjoyed @simonwillison.net 's wrap up of the year in AI. His is probably my favourite developer-focussed AI blog. Definitely worth a regular read:
simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/31/...
simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/31/...
2025: The year in LLMs
This is the third in my annual series reviewing everything that happened in the LLM space over the past 12 months. For previous years see Stuff we figured out about β¦
simonwillison.net
January 1, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Enjoyed @simonwillison.net 's wrap up of the year in AI. His is probably my favourite developer-focussed AI blog. Definitely worth a regular read:
simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/31/...
simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/31/...
Great reporting as always Steve!
January 1, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Great reporting as always Steve!
My faces-of-bluesky. Curtesy of bubbel.blue
January 1, 2026 at 9:13 AM
My faces-of-bluesky. Curtesy of bubbel.blue
Having worked as a contractor for over 20 years, none of this surprises me.
A thread 𧡠of _terrible_ design decisions for the internal APIs of the two Italian high speed train operators, Italo and Trenitalia.
Hardcoded passwords, terrible translations, spelling mistakes, xml in json (but utf8 encoded and transmitted as an array of numbers), it's all here. Enjoy!
Hardcoded passwords, terrible translations, spelling mistakes, xml in json (but utf8 encoded and transmitted as an array of numbers), it's all here. Enjoy!
December 31, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Having worked as a contractor for over 20 years, none of this surprises me.
"on" should be "in". I think I'm incapable of writing anything without a typo!
December 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
"on" should be "in". I think I'm incapable of writing anything without a typo!
My 2025 Year on Books
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owlbadger.com/posts/2025-1...
My 2025 Year in Books
My book consumption has experienced an uptick in seriousness and organisation
in β25. Iβve always enjoyed reading, typically getting through ten to twenty
books per year. Up to now the choice of readi...
owlbadger.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:17 AM
My 2025 Year on Books
owlbadger.com/posts/2025-1...
owlbadger.com/posts/2025-1...
OK, this legitimately blew my mind. I'm not too sure what I think it about yet, but it certainly aligns with my experience, and with the advent of AI coding tools it could possibly be the new paradigm.
December 31, 2025 at 9:21 AM
OK, this legitimately blew my mind. I'm not too sure what I think it about yet, but it certainly aligns with my experience, and with the advent of AI coding tools it could possibly be the new paradigm.