Ahmed Arat's Blog: The Ranty Devhttps://www.therantydev.com/https://www.therantydev.com/the-three-stage-image-gen-pipeline/https://www.therantydev.com/the-three-stage-image-gen-pipeline/AI images are slop. In this article, I explore how to make use of multiple models and their strengths to improve the quality of AI-generated images.Sat, 28 Feb 2026 18:36:14 GMThttps://www.therantydev.com/javascript-drms-are-stupid/https://www.therantydev.com/javascript-drms-are-stupid/A developer bragged about building 'fun' DRM for an NSFW ASMR platform. What followed was a three-round patch war that serves as a masterclass in why client-side JavaScript protections are a complete waste of everyone's time—and how to hijack the MediaSource API to prove it.Fri, 27 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMThttps://www.therantydev.com/stop-shoving-shit-into-your-agentsmd/https://www.therantydev.com/stop-shoving-shit-into-your-agentsmd/The tech industry currently has a massive fetish for 'agent context.' The prevailing wisdom dictates that if you want your AI coding agent (like Claude Code or Gemini CLI) to actually fix your repo without breaking it, you need to write a massive `AGENTS.md` or `.claude/skills/SKILL.md` file. You pack it with your repo's bespoke rules, architectural guidelines, and testing philosophies. Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMThttps://www.therantydev.com/the-hubris-of-forecasting/https://www.therantydev.com/the-hubris-of-forecasting/I trained a 6-variable regression on a decade of happiness data. A model that just says 'next year equals this year' beat it by a factor of three. Here's why that's actually the most interesting result I've ever produced.Sat, 22 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT