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SoftBank's $10 Billion Bet on ChatGPT Just Exposed the AI Bubble

Fri, 01 May 2026 16:12:39 GMT

SoftBank is reportedly trying to borrow $10 billion against its OpenAI shares, and that should make everyone watching the AI ...

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NVIDIA Steals $740 Billion Instead of Paying Humans

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:00:50 GMT

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AI Compute Costs More Than Engineers: How Big Tech Layoffs Fund Nvidia's Token Frenzy The script argues that newly printed ...

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Enjoy Your Work: Future-Proof Your Career Now #shorts

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 06:57:36 GMT

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The future is uncertain, especially with AI. If financial success doesn't materialize, we'll all be in the same boat. Prioritize activities ...

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Billionaires Say STOP Following Passion! Your Strategy? #shorts

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 06:56:43 GMT

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Billionaires say follow profit, not passion. But nobody truly knows the future workforce. Your heart's interest, if profitable, is always ...

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Why Replacing Engineers With AI Doesn’t Add Up

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 02:00:27 GMT

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Meta gutted 21,000 jobs to import replacements

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:30:49 GMT

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The Eli Crane H1B bill won't pass. The interesting part isn't the three-year pause or the $200K floor. It's the line that bans staffing ...

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Sam Altman Wants You Poor and Scared: He Stole the Dream

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:46:47 GMT

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Sam Altman just published OpenAI's five principles. Each one means the exact opposite of what it says. Here's the decode.

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They Insulated Themselves and Reached Into Your Life

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:00:20 GMT

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They've insulated themselves from you and reached into your life. That's the move. This week on the channel we're working ...

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AI's Current Stage: The 8-Hour Cornfield Drive #shorts

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:42:31 GMT

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Ever felt the last hour of an 8-hour drive drag on forever? That's the Midwest effect—where the final stretch feels like half the ...

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Microsoft Replaced 16,000 Americans with Offshoring in India (They Lied About AI)

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:12:57 GMT

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Microsoft is offering 16000 senior American engineers a "voluntary buyout" this week. The buyouts come with a ten-year clawback ...

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AI: Fentanyl for Midwits? The Real IQ Divide #shorts

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:13:24 GMT

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AI acts like fentanyl for midwits, accelerating those who can use it but lack the foresight to grasp its limitations. Those with sub-110 ...

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Anthropic’s Sponsored Content Disguised as Real Podcasts

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:30:39 GMT

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In this video, I provide commentary on the astroturfed podcasts and tech-sponsored content that are becoming more prevalent, ...

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Meta Fired 8000 Employees—Here's What They're Actually Building

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:00:49 GMT

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Meta is logging every keystroke on employee computers. They say it's for AI training. Meta lost the AI race a year ago. So what is it ...

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TBPN: The $100M Sam Altman Con

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:00:04 GMT

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Sam Altman Spent $100M To Lie To You About AI

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:35:03 GMT

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OpenAI bought TBPN. a16z led a seed round into MTS. The tech oligarchs can't fix the product, so they're buying the press.

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Send help if you can understand this

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 02:00:32 GMT

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Exposing Tech Media Frauds MTS

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 01:15:12 GMT

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AI Is 90% Done. The Last 10% Will Take Just as Long.

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:00:20 GMT

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Dario Amodei says AI will replace 50% of white-collar workers. Google's own internal data says their AI adoption rate is about the ...

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Career Obsession: The High Cost of Success #shorts

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 07:01:25 GMT

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Men in San Francisco, dedicating their entire lives to career ambition. Chasing titles, prestige, and high compensation, they've ...

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06 A Four Year Old Daughter About to Rain

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 23:32:40 GMT

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AI, Lemmings, and the Future of Work

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Nvidia's own VP just admitted compute costs more than engineers do. The layoffs continue anyway. Here's where the money is actually going.

They Insulated Themselves and Reached Into Your Life

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The Epstein class is physically untouchable, mentally untouchable, and inside all of your data. You cannot touch them. They are touching you. Here is how the asymmetry got built.

The Portable Aesthetic

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Seven years ago I argued that technical craft would be overtaken by taste. The labor market is conceding the point.

Rome Is Burning

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Three fires in one week. A Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's mansion, an arson at a toilet paper factory, a mall ablaze. The common thread is not crime. It's what happens when you replace human judgment with spreadsheets.

Your Clean Desk Is Why You're Not Getting Promoted

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A blunt case against performative desk setups and for output-focused workspaces, keyboard investment, and the 3-item daily list.

Technocratic Decadence Thesis

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Western tech is decaying because leadership has been decoupled from competence, replacing builders with spreadsheet theater and image management.

I’m Rooting for AI to Blow Up in Everyone’s Face

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A blunt take on AI hype, false equivalence around expertise, and why human messiness is worth defending.

Hundreds of American Express Employees Reached Out to Me This Week. They're All Saying the Same Thing.

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT

After publishing a video about my experience as an Engineering Director at American Express, hundreds of current and former employees reached out confirming the same offshoring playbook.

nobody cares how much you use AI when coding and we should stop pretending

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

and learn to mind our own business.

Amazon’s insane plot to lay off 30,000 American workers and hire 3 million in India

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Amazon's latest push to lay off 30,000 American workers while hiring 3 million in India. The pattern is undeniable.

Free Tool: Manager or IC? The Eternal Question

Sun, 18 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Fork in the road

You Can Hurt Me But You Can’t Gurt Me

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

In a world of AI scrapers and digital ghosts, having a body is becoming our greatest asset.

The Single Best Optimization You Can Make In 2026

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The single biggest optimization you can make in 2026 has nothing to do with AI, productivity apps, or hustle culture.

GET GOOD OR GET OUT

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I spent an evening going through the top posts on Reddit’s r/CSCareerQuestions this month. The whining is off the charts. Here’s what I found and why most of

I need 3 people for something new

Mon, 05 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I’m going to try something different. For the past few months, I’ve been talking about tech careers, layoffs, navigating the chaos of this industry: on

Most Candidates Don’t Fail System Design Interviews Because They Can’t Design Systems

Mon, 05 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

They fail because they’re performing instead of problem solving. I’ve run hundreds of system design interviews across American Express, Anduril, and Shopify.

Stop Chasing Happiness at Work. You’re Not a Child.

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I keep seeing tech professionals online talking about optimizing for “happiness” at their jobs. One guy on Reddit proudly announced he quit using AI tools

COMPVTER EXTREMISM: Installing Windows 98 on DOSBox-X (M-chip Mac)

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A quick guide to running Windows 98 SE on your Apple Silicon Mac using DOSBox-X.

Writing Like Socrates Didn't

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A response to the AI allegations against my writing.

Nvidia Just Paid $20 Billion for a Company That Missed Its Revenue Target by 75%

Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Panic buying, plain and simple. If anything indicates that this AI bubble is about to pop, it’s this.

Get In Loser: We're Exposing the AI Bubble

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

It’s a bubble. Everyone with basic observational skills can see it.

Easymode Public Speaking: The Technique Nobody is Talking About

Sun, 14 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Simpler and more effective than any other technique.

Christmas Gifts for Neurodivergent People

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Neurodivergent or otherwise.

How to Make One Million Dollars a Year as a Software Engineer as Fast as Possible

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A step-by-step guide.

The Best Way to Use LinkedIn is to Not Use It at All

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

The ROI of LinkedIn for depth-first creators is zero. Every minute spent there makes you one minute dumber.

The Optics-Driven Workplace and the Death of Competence

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

“I’m a Timestamp Man” Every company has at least one dude and sometimes a whole gaggle of them who manages by the clock. He doesn’t read your code, doesn’t

The Everything is Everything Era

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

I feel beige. Do you feel beige?

How to Become a Gigacracked Engineer: A Guide

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

What experience taught me that textbooks never could

How Neurodivergent Brains Build Better Systems

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A former manager once described me as a “purist”. It wasn’t the first time a colleague alluded to my obsessive way of thinking but it was the first time

Office Survival Gear for the Neurodivergent Tech Worker

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Traditional offices can be massively overstimulating if you’re neurodivergent, unless you have the right gear. I wore glasses for decades until I got my eyes

The Making of Autism Simulator: 60,000 Visitors in 12 Hours

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

How I built Autism Simulator as a passion project and got 60,000 visitors in 12 hours.

Why Everything Feels Broken and the Filmmaker Who Predicted It

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

The world feels chaotic and truth has become malleable. One filmmaker predicted all of it decades ago.

I went to church on Sunday

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Rain or shine.

Marshall McLuhan and Vim

Sun, 07 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

We are the sex organs of the machines...

The Introvert's Guide: Surviving a Networking Event

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A simple protocol to network like an extrovert.

What Does a Software Engineering Director Do All Day

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

The job of an engineering director has always been somewhat opaque to me. I'm relieved to find that no golfing is involved.

I No Longer Do Emails

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

The written word remains supreme but it's changing.

Forgetting is a Gift: How to Change the Past and Burn Your To-Do List

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

In a world where technology excels at preserving every detail, what if forgetting is your greatest asset?

Energy Management for Introverts and Extroverts

Sun, 17 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A brutal, tactical manual for people who’d rather be left alone but still want to win.

Everyone is on Fire

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Burning and being uncompromising in a mild and convenient world.

Don't Write a Book: The Lesson at the Heart of Ex Nihilo

Sun, 10 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Have you ever been curious about what lies behind the pages? It's far more arcane than it seems.

It Began as a Mistake: Living Between the Walls

Mon, 04 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Most people fake normal and call it discipline. I faked normal, got sick of it, and wrote this instead.

The Zero-Sum Game

Sun, 03 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Paying the cost to be the boss.