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Every test passed. The customer got refunded twice.
AI built your refund feature in seconds. It even wrote the tests. Everything passed. Then a customer got their money back twice. Turns out, nobody mentioned that part. Before you spend another afternoon perfecting your prompts, try writing down the rules your software actually needs to follow.
AI can write your post. You still need something to say.
LinkedIn is cutting the reach of AI slop. Fair. But we still need to learn to work with AI. Bring a point, question its answers, learn something, make it yours. We’re past “write me a post” and publishing whatever comes back. AI can help develop an idea worth sharing. Supplying the idea is still our job. Awkward question, given who helped me with this: was this written by AI?
Am I Complete with AI?
For years I was looking for someone to challenge my ideas, improve my writing and help me think more clearly. Turns out I wasn't looking for another person after all. AI quietly became that partner. Now another question appears: if AI helps me create, will AI also become the one consuming what I create?
Markdown’s Revenge.
Markdown has been quietly sitting in the corner since 2004. You saw it in GitHub READMEs and the occasional piece of documentation, but most people never knew it existed. Now, thanks to AI, Markdown is finally becoming what it always should have been: a text-based PDF. The reason is simple - LLMs love it. And if you’ve ever tried getting a clean .doc file out of one, you already know why.