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Attention and collaboration in the AI world
I wrote last week about the emerging pattern of intense, “agentic” coding.
Jan 12 • Sam Schillace
How it will happen
code is ... going
Jan 5 • Sam Schillace
That was weird. And it'll get weirder.
People ask me why I do this writing.
Dec 19, 2025 • Sam Schillace
Nanotech for ideas
I remember the promise and “vibe” of nanotechnology from the early 90’s (I’m old).
Dec 15, 2025 • Sam Schillace
Bad programmers are about to become very exposed
The tide is going out - maybe for more than just programming
Dec 8, 2025 • Sam Schillace
We are going to need proof of work for everything
Much of the world depends on difficulty that is vanishing
Dec 6, 2025 • Sam Schillace
The software bugs in the human mind
The world is complicated, and evolution gave us a bunch of shortcuts to help us get through it.
Nov 24, 2025 • Sam Schillace
We can build precise, scalable things from imprecise parts.
People keep asking me a version of the same question about agentic systems and LLM-based coding: if these models can be fast and productive but also…
Nov 17, 2025 • Sam Schillace
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