Hi friends,
Greetings from the hive!
Last week, I was reminded of the many benefits I gain from walking in nature.
In addition to the obvious health advantages, it helps me think more clearly.
During one of my walks, I rediscovered that expressing my thoughts, whether on paper or through voice, provides me with additional insights.
I also enjoyed listening to a new podcast I discovered, which is listed in the "Listen" section below.
Finally, I updated my wallpaper after seeing DHH share it for his upcoming Omarchy release.
Let's take this week by swarm.
🐝 The Bee's Knees
How Codex is Built. OpenAI's coding agent writes 90% of its own code. Engineers run 4-8 parallel agents, Codex debugs itself overnight, and the team ships to production on day one of onboarding. MORE
Why I'm Not Worried About AI Job Loss. Human bottlenecks make complementarity with AI last longer than expected. Demand for most things we create is elastic, and we'll invent new jobs as surplus grows. MORE
Cognitive Debt. AI shifts concern from technical debt in code to cognitive debt in developers' minds. Going fast compounds when teams lose the shared theory of what the program does and how to change it. MORE
Eric Dane's Final Message To His Daughters and The World. "I hope I've demonstrated that you can face anything, you can face the end of your days, you can face hell with dignity. Fight, girls, and hold your heads high. Billie and Georgia, you are my heart, you are my everything. Goodnight. I love you." MORE
The Omnipotence Dilemma. When you can do anything with AI, you end up starting everything and finishing nothing. Infinite drafts replace meaningful progress when cheap starts remove the forcing function of scarcity. MORE
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V12 Autonomous Solidity Audits. Zellic's AI auditor finds critical bugs in hours for usage-based pricing. No sales calls or demos—just connect your repo, scope files, and get a report. MORE
Why Europe Doesn't Have a Tesla. Rigid labor laws make firing expensive, so European companies avoid risky bets. Works in Progress explores how this kills innovation—and what Denmark and Switzerland do differently. MORE
Sizing Chaos. Women's clothing sizes are optimized for mass production, not bodies. Over half of adult women are excluded from standard ranges, and vanity sizing gaslights everyone about their "true" size. MORE
HackerOne Training AI on Bug Bounty Data. Critical Thinking Podcast digs into HackerOne's AI training plans and what it means for researchers. The bug bounty landscape keeps shifting. MORE
🌎 Community
The Left Doesn't Hate Technology. Techno-cynics are wounded techno-optimists. The critique isn't of innovation but exploitation—AI companies happy to serve any administration while workers bear the risk. MORE
Inside H1-65. OKX's live hacking event in Singapore with HackerOne. Watch hackers compete in real-time against crypto exchange infrastructure. MORE
Vercel Skills Night SF 2.17.26. Vercel brought together developers and tech professionals for hands-on learning and networking. The event featured technical workshops and demonstrations focused on modern web development tools and best practices. MORE
First Kakapo Chick in Four Years. New Zealand's critically endangered parrot finally hatches a chick on Valentine's Day. Only 267 kakapo exist, making every hatch a conservation milestone. MORE
The switch from MacBook to a Linux laptop, Mischa shares the key advantages that convinced them never to return to Apple. The video covers the performance, customization, and cost benefits of building your own Linux machine versus buying premium hardware. MORE
💛 Follow
Awesome accounts to follow. Randomly selected from my curated Twitter lists.
@DynamicWebPaige - AI should be about empowering humans, building understanding, and making dreams realities. DevX Eng. Lead @GoogleDeepMind.
@aakashgupta - Newsletter creator and entrepreneur running multiple revenue streams.
@ralamosm - Internet nerd.
👀 Explore
Nice Things. A simple collection of nice things people have said about you, in terminal format. Because sometimes you need a reminder that you matter. MORE
TanStack Start in 100 Seconds. A new full-stack React framework that promises to simplify web development with built-in routing, server-side rendering, and type safety. MORE
The Red Badge Won. David Sparks tried hiding communication apps behind Shortcuts but forgot people existed for days. Turns out notification badges exist for a reason. MORE
Monologue for iOS. AI dictation that turns your rambling voice memos into polished writing. Use it as a system keyboard anywhere on your phone. MORE
Fedora Asahi Remix Released. Linux on Apple Silicon is finally polished and ready. Run Fedora on your M-series Mac with one curl command and join the growing community. MORE
🛠️ Build
🧰 Try
npmx. Fast, modern browser for the npm registry with a clean interface. Search packages, compare versions, and explore dependencies without the clutter of the official site. MORE
micasa. Track home maintenance, projects, and appliances in a terminal UI. One SQLite file, no cloud, vim-style navigation. Your house in a database that actually makes sense. MORE
Matt Pocock's Skills. Reusable Codex Skills for common development tasks—security best practices, Git guardrails, PRD to issues, TDD workflows, and more. Build your agent toolkit from proven patterns. MORE
Claude Code in Tmux Popup. Run Claude Code in a popup window with persistent sessions per directory. Close the popup, your conversation keeps running in background. Simple tmux hack. MORE
6 Unconventional Raycast Uses. From date countdowns in Calculator to searchable personal manuals. Hidden productivity tricks for the Mac launcher. MORE
🚀 Ship
How My Side Project Got Banned. A false positive on Google Safe Browsing cascaded to 10 security vendors. Took 16 days hunting down vendor forms, forums, and email addresses to clear a clean domain. MORE
Take a Hard Game and Make It Shorter. Pickleball, TopGolf, and wave pools shorten elite sports into accessible experiences. What other hard games can you compress into social, repeatable sessions? MORE
Day 474 Growing a SaaS to $1M. Fired from every job, so he built startups instead. Follow along as an indie founder documents the daily grind toward seven figures. MORE
8 Years of Business Systems in 18 Minutes. The condensed version of how to build a business that runs without you. Systems thinking from someone who's done it. MORE
The Spreadsheet. Track daily activities, impact, and vibes in a simple spreadsheet. Feed it to Claude monthly for personalized insights on what actually makes your best days productive and sustainable. MORE
💰 Advance
How I Think About Codex. Codex = Model + Harness + Surfaces. The model provides intelligence, the harness turns it into execution with tools and compaction, and surfaces let you interact where needed. MORE
How I Estimate Work. Estimates aren't by engineers—they're political tools for managers. The real job is figuring out which technical approaches match the timeline they already want, then presenting risks. MORE
Experimenting with Sponsorship. Simon Willison finally accepts blog sponsors after learning Troy Hunt's approach—unobtrusive text banner, no JavaScript, no cookies. Independence offset by opportunity cost. MORE
Take the Shot. A single DM in 2018 and a cold email in 2019 shaped an entire freelance career. Six years of Laravel projects, Tailwind work, and a full-time job all traced back to reaching out. MORE
4 Skills AI Can't Replace. Data-backed guide to the human capabilities that remain valuable. Focus your learning where the machines still struggle. MORE
💭 Quote
"A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance."
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