The price tag isn't the cost of AI
My recovered AI history contains 76.85 billion tokens. Most are cached input, which changes what the models cost and how much capability I get for the money.
topic atlas
Essays and notes on working with AI: why agent-written code needs layered review, what agent work really costs, and how my 2019 predictions held up.
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7 postsBugs have to get lucky more than once
Every check misses stuff. A bug only reaches production if all of them miss it, which is why I think AI code review needs different models with different prompts.
What I thought AI would become in 2019
What I expected from AI in my June 2019 school paper, what happened since, and how I think about it in 2026.
Break fast and move things
'move fast and break things' is basically the default now, and AI-coding will crank that up even more. the real fix is boring: code review + managing agents well, so you don't ship the next outage or security mess.
Gemini has started to index other AI-outputs
What everyone with a single braincell thought would happen, has happened.
Study Helper Progress: File Management
Study Helper file management systems, and upcoming technical challenges. Plus some cool finds in tech and anime.
Study Helper: Your AI Learning Sidekick
Supercharge your study sessions with an AI assistant! Generate flashcards, summaries.