5 Quick Links for Devs: Week 17, 2026
Claude degrades, don't outsource your thinking, and a lovely bit of concrete
Senior software developer, writer, lifelong learner. Strapping in for a wild ride into the future and sharing what I can along the way.
Claude degrades, don't outsource your thinking, and a lovely bit of concrete
Programming still sucks, OS rocks, Claude loses some lustre
The perils of laziness lost, Mythos or myth, and can you put OS X on a Wii?
Gemma 4 rocks, Claude open source leaked, and the machines will be fine, but what about us?
TypeScript 6 drops, how to slow down when everything is speeding up, Auto Mode for Claude and a new take on version control
We still need to code, LLM fatigue is upon us, maybe you don't need semicolons, and JS is still bloated!
A little dash of AI and a few updates from the world of Vim!
GPT 5.4 releases, who reviews the reviewers, and making a button in 2026
Tinkering on family dashboards, LLMs debating each other, and why writing code is cheap now
Some delicious split keyboards, another day another frontier LLM release, and a sprinkling of CSS