From the Trenches

Your Brain on Autopilot: The Cost of AI Thinking for You

Eighty-three percent of ChatGPT users couldn’t recall key points from essays they had written minutes earlier.

Mar 9 • Denis Stetskov

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The Comprehension Extinction: AI Isn’t Replacing Engineers. It’s Eliminating the Ones Who Understand.

54,000 jobs cut with AI cited. Seniors fired, juniors review AI code they don't understand. We're not replacing engineers. We're losing the ability to…

Mar 2 • Denis Stetskov

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February 2026

AI Agent Platforms: The Security Nightmare Nobody’s Talking About

220,000 GitHub stars. 135,000 exposed instances. 800+ malicious skills. 22% of enterprise employees installed it without IT approval. The attack surface…

Feb 23 • Denis Stetskov

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The Country of Geniuses That Doesn’t Exist

Anthropic's CEO predicts 50% of white-collar jobs gone in 5 years. His own team: 0/16 believe Claude can replace entry-level researchers. Here's why.

Feb 17 • Denis Stetskov

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Big Tech’s $364B Hypothesis Meets the $650B Reality

Six months ago it was $364 billion. Now it's $650 billion. Free cash flow collapsing. Amazon may raise debt. The procurement mindset doesn't scale…

Feb 9 • Denis Stetskov

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When Capex Beats Headcount: What Amazon’s Layoffs Actually Mean

16,000 people. Wednesday morning. That’s 30,000 in three months when you count October.

Feb 2 • Denis Stetskov

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January 2026

RAG Is Easy. Your Data Isn’t.

Custom GPT took a weekend. Production takes months. Why most AI projects fail before engineering starts, and what actually predicts success.

Jan 27 • Denis Stetskov

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The AI Silicon Tax: How Your RAM Got 3x More Expensive While You Weren’t Looking

Last week, a friend pinged me about upgrading his PC.

Jan 20 • Denis Stetskov

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The First Full-Scale Cyber War: 4 Years of Lessons

9,000 cyber attacks. Kyivstar was destroyed in hours. Viasat bricked 45,000 modems. What Ukraine's cyber war teaches us about infrastructure security.

Jan 12 • Denis Stetskov

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The Grok Precedent: Why AI Creators Are About to Lose Their Legal Shield

France’s criminal investigation signals the end of “platform immunity” for AI tools.

Jan 5 • Denis Stetskov

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December 2025

The Holiday Season That Keeps Making Tech History

No frameworks today. Just wild stories: the web born on Christmas, a million Zunes dying at midnight, and Netflix's worst holiday ever."

Dec 23, 2025 • Denis Stetskov

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When Announcements Replace Innovation: OpenAI’s Code Red and What It Reveals About the AI Industry

December 1st, 2025.

Dec 15, 2025 • Denis Stetskov

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