hi im kirk

[hi im kirk @_imkirk]

@vxunderground Thankfully he has one convenient location

[Florian Roth ⚡️ @cyb3rops]

I think AI coding hype follows roughly four stages:

1. Amazement

You try it and can’t believe how much code it generates from a few prompts.

2. Expansion

You start more and more projects because shipping suddenly feels cheap and fast.

This is also the phase where people start convincing everyone around them:

- coworkers
- management
- friends in other companies

because nobody wants to “fall behind” in 6–12 months.

That creates a massive snowball/FOMO effect.

3. The grind phase

You realize the generated code has architectural issues, sloppy mistakes, weird abstractions, duplicated logic, broken edge cases, etc.

So you start:

- re-prompting
- switching models
- increasing reasoning effort
- reviewing fixes
- generating fixes for previous fixes

And suddenly you spend your days reviewing AI-generated pull requests instead of building software.

4. Realization

You realize AI coding increases output much faster than it increases certainty.

The code still needs:

- review
- testing
- ownership
- architectural understanding
- long-term maintenance

Usually by expensive senior engineers.

And the interesting thing is:
this whole cycle can take many months or even more than a year because people become socially and professionally invested in the narrative themselves.

Once teams, managers, and entire companies have been convinced that this is the future, it becomes psychologically and politically very hard to later say:

“Actually, the ROI is much lower than we expected.”

[Resident Evil @RE_Games]

28 years of Leon S. Kennedy - from rookie to seasoned agent.

[vx-underground @vxunderground]

TanStack was hit by a supply chain attack.
MistralAI was hit by a supply chain attack.
The Mayor of Arcadia, California, was a Chinese spy.
Forza Horizon 6 leaked.
Canvas bamboozled.
Shai-Hulud open-sourced.
Nightmare-Eclipse teases two new Windows 0days.

It is Tuesday. What will happen on Wednesday? Find out on the next action packed episode of Dragon Ball Z

[Gearoid Reidy リーディー・ガロウド @GearoidReidy]

The CEO.. of..?

[hi im kirk @_imkirk]

fanfest was great but it will be better next time when I have finally watched the cutscenes 🫣

[hi im kirk @_imkirk]

@haircaat dm’d!

[hi im kirk @_imkirk]

Must have not paid for JIRA.

[Atlassian Williams F1 Team @WilliamsF1]

Statement from Atlassian Williams F1 Team.

[Liam Jenkins @LiamJenkinsPSN]

Carson Wentz is the greatest eagle of all time

Led the Eagles to a Super Bowl

Nukes the team to pave the way for a golden era

Loses to them in another Super Bowl as a backup

Literally throws games away as an opponent when the eagles need momentum

Put his jersey in the rafters

[シロくん＠どうやら地主だったみたい @KqQVeG2jBPiQa7b]

サラリーマンの昼休み😂

[alex hayes @alexpghayes]

is there a book that teaches modern not-quite-technical computer skills? things like:

- naming and organizing files/folders
- ISO dates
- using password managers and ad blockers
- markdown
- how to share stuff online
- basic memes
- troubleshooting / effective google