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🧱 AI Is Becoming Infrastructure (CES 2026)

Jan 6, 2026

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6 min read

🧱 AI Is Becoming Infrastructure (CES 2026)

In this week's newsletter, we’re breaking down why CES 2026 mattered for developers, NVIDIA’s Rubin platform and the shift toward AI as infrastructure, and how AI-first editors and agentic tools are becoming the new default. We also look at what this means for engineering jobs and the skills that matter most, for you, in 2026, as well as my video of the week on migrating to a clean Linux + Windows dual-boot setup.

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🚨 When US-EAST-1 sneezes...

Oct 21, 2025

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6 min read

🚨 When US-EAST-1 sneezes...

Two things dominated dev-world this week: a massive AWS outage that rippled across the internet, and a fresh Node.js major with real quality-of-life wins. We also saw Apple’s M5 silicon push AI-on-device forward, Anthropic ship a cheaper model tier, and Git celebrate 20 years with new talks to binge.

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🐍 Python’s biggest leap in years

Oct 14, 2025

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5 min read

🐍 Python’s biggest leap in years

Two big shifts this week: Python 3.14 lands with the most meaningful ergonomics + concurrency update in years, and Microsoft starts moving GitHub infra to Azure—huge implications for Copilot at scale. I’ve also got my new video on the 10 AI concepts every dev should know.

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🤖 The Agent Era Begins

Oct 7, 2025

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4 min read

🤖 The Agent Era Begins

This week, I’m covering OpenAI’s new AgentKit for building no-code AI agents, GitHub’s take on how the developer role is evolving, JetBrains and Zed’s open protocol for AI coding agents, and Microsoft’s new Agent Framework for .NET and Python. Plus, a few standout reads on productivity, chiplets, and the changing patterns of AI-first work.

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💰️ How to negotiate your salary package

Jun 24, 2025

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5 min read

💰️ How to negotiate your salary package

This week, I’m covering why JPEGs still dominate the web, how to negotiate your salary without guilt, Claude Code’s new remote server support, a killer JavaScript flashcard tool, and what to expect from GPT-5 this summer.

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📉 Where are the Entry-level jobs going?

Jun 10, 2025

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5 min read

📉 Where are the Entry-level jobs going?

Entry-level jobs are disappearing at an alarming rate, developers are pushing back against flawed interview processes, and AI coding tools are creating new challenges for collaboration.

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🤨 My AI Skeptic Friends Are All Nuts

Jun 3, 2025

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5 min read

🤨 My AI Skeptic Friends Are All Nuts

A sharp critique of AI skepticism in dev circles, a look back at Java’s surprising 30-year journey, and a hands-on guide to meta prompting.

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📉 Stack Overflow is Dying

May 27, 2025

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5 min read

📉 Stack Overflow is Dying

Stack Overflow signs a major AI licensing deal with Google, Mistral drops an open-source LLM built for real-world dev work, and we look at how LLMs are reshaping coding workflows, and possibly killing off SO in the process. Plus, the quirky origin story behind Rust.

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🤖 AI is destroying and saving programming at the same time

May 20, 2025

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5 min read

🤖 AI is destroying and saving programming at the same time

A new Python type checker from Meta, JavaScript’s latest proposal for better resource cleanup, insights from Microsoft’s latest layoffs, and a collection of posts that reshaped how one developer thinks about programming languages. Plus, a look at how AI is both a blessing and a curse for coding.

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😅 I’m Worried About Junior Developers

May 13, 2025

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5 min read

😅 I’m Worried About Junior Developers

The real carbon cost of using ChatGPT, why big tech projects fail, and what makes Node.js tick under the hood. Plus, we’re looking at how to actually run AI on Kubernetes without the usual pain, and why the junior dev market might not be as doomed as it seems.

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🎰 Senior engineers should make side bets

May 6, 2025

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6 min read

🎰 Senior engineers should make side bets

Alibaba's groundbreaking Qwen3 AI, a €1M solo dev quest, and the evolving landscape of computer science and coding careers.

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💻 Solo Dev, €1M ARR

Apr 29, 2025

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5 min read

💻 Solo Dev, €1M ARR

Alibaba's groundbreaking Qwen3 AI, a €1M solo dev quest, and the evolving landscape of computer science and coding careers.

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🤣 Blogging on a Nintendo Wii

Apr 22, 2025

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4 min read

🤣 Blogging on a Nintendo Wii

Running a blog on a Nintendo Wii, OpenAI’s $3B Windsurf acquisition. Plus, Python’s new t-strings, why AI feels more like a mech suit than a human, and the surprising truth behind password length limits.

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Travis Media
🤖 The Post-Developer Era

Apr 15, 2025

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5 min read

🤖 The Post-Developer Era

Why human engineers remain essential, debunking myths, and navigating the future of tech careers.

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🤖 Skills AI Can't Match

Apr 8, 2025

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5 min read

🤖 Skills AI Can't Match

And knowing where your salary comes from

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🤔 Dev Jobs in 2025

Apr 1, 2025

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6 min read

🤔 Dev Jobs in 2025

And we're all WRONG about Tech certifications

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🤔 The Worst Programmer I Know

Mar 25, 2025

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4 min read

🤔 The Worst Programmer I Know

And why you should read more books

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🕵️ Corporate Espionage

Mar 18, 2025

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4 min read

🕵️ Corporate Espionage

And why you should read more books

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📱Tiktok Tech Open-Sourced

Mar 11, 2025

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4 min read

📱Tiktok Tech Open-Sourced

And Terminal Tricks for K8s

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Travis Media
🚀 Doom Meets TypeScript

Mar 4, 2025

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5 min read

🚀 Doom Meets TypeScript

And a guide to S3

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🎮️ The MMORPG for code lovers

Feb 25, 2025

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4 min read

🎮️ The MMORPG for code lovers

And AI killed the tech interview

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🌐 Meta's Massive Cable Plan

Feb 18, 2025

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4 min read

🌐 Meta's Massive Cable Plan

And AI is stifling tech adoption

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Travis Media
🎯 Deep Research for Free

Feb 11, 2025

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4 min read

🎯 Deep Research for Free

And understanding reasoning LLMs

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🧠 Hours of Research in Minutes

Feb 4, 2025

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4 min read

🧠 Hours of Research in Minutes

And serving a billion API requests

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📉 DeepSeek Rattles Nvidia

Jan 28, 2025

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5 min read

📉 DeepSeek Rattles Nvidia

And 8 tech books I'm reading in 2025

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