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Yes, that is true we are able to produce more and llms do help in understanding code bases very quickly, so our productivity is up, yet this does not seem to lead to better morale or any rewards. Its also becoming hard to stand out as everyone has new demos and vibe coded simple projects now.

That's more of a prediction that I'm putting out there in the hope that someone is inspired to fulfill it!

Happy 2026 - really enjoy your blogs - keep them coming :) Re: conformance tests - you might enjoy this github.com/ahoward/tc - Dead simple testing language-agnostic testing framework - Just write input.json/expected.json pairs in scenario folders! Clean! Full disclosure - I just found it!

I think we mostly solved it for web browsers running JavaScript and WebAssembly - and hosting providers have had to solve it for a long time for things like AWS Lambda and VPS shared hosting I want that for everything else!

I think assembly is probably a better comparison than punch cards. It’s called for in particular circumstances, but higher-level coding is used the vast majority of the time.

It seems like a "good enough" solution if like me, you're not working with any sensitive data in your development environment and exfiltration isn't much of an issue. But maybe I'm overly optimistic.

Listening to it now! Kapapos FTW!

Insightful as always! My prediction is more modest: during 2026 NotebookLM infographics generator will figure out how to place these predictions on a graphical timeline correctly.

ah cross posted... you should give @digs.bsky.social a follow for Kakapo content - bumper breeding season about to kick off

I didn't think today's models were quite up to the task, and I thought it would take a while for the skills needed to use models in this way to become widespread enough for people to take this on

what does "immentise" mean? i've just learned the word "eschaton" - i'll keep it as my daily companion until eschaton does us apart

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I think if typing code goes away, it happens a lot sooner than 6 years. like, either it happens in 3 or there's a very long tail