Sam Odum

Deviant | Artist | Questioner | Nigerian jollof bender | { ...code }

[Sam Odum @SamOdum1]

@Siya_Mhlotshane @General_Somto They live in North America, but here you are dehumanising the man as “undocumented” just to validate the hate in your heart. Look in the mirror and ask yourself if you’re any different from the pigs that dehumanised your parents under Apartheid.

[nader dabit @dabit3]

Software abundance: a brain dump on the state of the job market and the software industry.

My feelings have swung between optimism and pessimism over the past ~8 or so months, and have ultimately landed on the extreme end of optimism / positivity, I'll try to explain why. I've thought about this a lot.

In November 2025 if you were a software engineer and tried Opus 4.5, you knew it was basically "over", or you were in denial that it was over. Over in the sense of our identities as programmers no longer was going to mean what it used to mean, typing code etc..

"does this mean less demand for what I do since more people can do it, will I be valued less, will the cost of software go to zero..."

In terms of the software job market, a large portion of it is booming. Many companies are being born, exploding in value, revenue, and hiring. People who became AI pilled in their approach to software engineering have done extremely well, those who haven't have not.

People who have pivoted into new and fast growing verticals, companies, products enabled by AI have done well, people who stuck with larger teams / companies that either are moving slowly or are being disrupted have had a hard time or are being laid off.

People who still distinctly identify as a "frontend / backend / etc.." have had a harder time than people who have said fuck it and 10xed themselves by leaning harder into AI and objectively broadening their skillset + what they bring to the table. It's crazy that I can talk to someone with the former mindset and it's doom and gloom while people in the latter literally are making more than they ever have, along with more opportunities than they have ever had.

My craziest realization though is more around the state of the software industry and software abundance. Since joining @cognition I've realized Jevons paradox is real and it's incredible to see. The number of software companies is exploding, the amount of software being shipped is exploding (teams we work with regularly 10-20x their shipped PRs), the number of people starting to write software is exploding.

I've also realized that just because code is easier and faster to write, good software is still hard to get right, needs care, and requires good judgement. AI allows you to ship 20x more code, but so can your competition. So while the software industry has always moved quickly, it continues to accelerate with AI. Our roadmaps just get larger, our bar is higher, the quality of the software we ship is better.

I was scared that the craft of building software was going away, but I've realized it's actually the opposite. The majority of what I'm seeing automated is the type of work that engineers hate - fixing bugs, doing migrations, upgrading dependencies, repeatable tasks. Agents are *very good* at this type of work.

What agents still lack is the judgement, curiosity, context, and taste of a human plugged into to the outside world. So as we automate the work we don't enjoy, we're getting more time to experiment, innovate, and get back to doing the type of work we love the most, why most of us began programming in the first place. I'm at a place where I'm more excited and optimistic than I have been in my ~14 year career.

[Sam Odum @SamOdum1]

@ruffydfire When Nigerians decide they have had enough, they will personally and or collectively deliver consequences to government employees who misuse the trust bestowed on them - since no institution will furnish those consequences. Until then, let Nigerians keep crying.

[Sam Odum @SamOdum1]

@Kene_Nnewi Go through the comments. Not a single non-Igbo has rebuked the NPF. They’re all fine with it because it is against the Igbo.

Unfortunately, this nonsense you all condone today is exactly the same one you and yours will ��chop” in different ways tomorrow.

[Dr Folaseye (ENT/Head &Neck Surgeon) @DrFolaseye]

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[Dillon Mulroy @dillon_mulroy]

actually an insane thing for openai’s head of strategy to publicly say

[Sam Odum @SamOdum1]

@dammiedammie35 You literally have a smartphone in you hands. How about you actually use it to educate yourself? This was the same rubbish your ancestors did while their peers elsewhere sought to understand the world around them.

Help yourselves lazy Nigerian.

[Sam Odum @SamOdum1]

And the lions of this world are busy ‘lioning’…🤷🏽‍♂️

[Dr KALU, OON @DrKalu_]

I won't stop posting this picture until either I'm arrested or the government do the right thing.
This is a health center in a community in Ebonyi State.
This is not fair to the people!

[Sam Odum @SamOdum1]

@daishkawa You are arguing with intellectual frauds. Please preserve your sanity and ignore the sycophants. The only time these cretins concede government can do better is when the effect of government’s buffoonery affects them personally.

[Sam Odum @SamOdum1]

That it took 5 hours of deliberation tells everything there is to be told. The world is a crazy place.

[Madrid Zone @theMadridZone]

🚨 BREAKING: After FIVE hours of debate, Paraguay’s Senate passed a majority vote motion condemning senator Celeste Amarilla’s racist remarks about Kylian Mbappé and rejecting all forms of racism & discrimination.

The Senate also said that Amarilla’s comments do NOT represent the position of the Paraguay National Chamber.

[Sam Odum @SamOdum1]

“He’s ugly, a brute taught by chimps, of Cameroonian heritage and therefore could never be a proper human.”

And yet on the field of play Kylian Mbappé showed leadership and achieved success.

Lesson: what you think of others doesn’t create their reality.

[Sam Odum @SamOdum1]

@Dr_Elkeson @henrypirfa @Kartel___49 By your logic, god will be an ever-receeding pocket of ignorance obliterated by advances in science and discovery. You surely didn’t mean that, did you?

[Sam Odum @SamOdum1]

Dear Nigerian,

I’m certain this video will make you angry. But pay attention regardless. A wise man said the truth will set you free, but it must first piss you off.

Awareness is the first step to remediation. You can do better.

Best,
Fellow Naija man

[Sam Odum @SamOdum1]

Isn’t this the exact reason they say models from Chinese labs are ‘bad’ and you should not use them? Why am I not surprised they’re the ones in fact monitoring users?

Where are all the shills?😀

[International Cyber Digest @IntCyberDigest]

‼️ BREAKING: Anthropic has embedded hidden spyware-like code in Claude Code that covertly targets Chinese users. It then sends information regarding every user by injecting it into their prompt message.

Claude Code is sending info like timezone, proxy and possible AI Lab connections into the system prompt in ways Chinese users can't notice.

A coding agent with repo and command permissions should not silently hide routing metadata inside prompts. This is a serious breach of user trust.

[Sam Odum @SamOdum1]

@IscooaVgc @Symply_rhoda1 Ad hominem is the most pitiful form of argumentation. I like that you did not contest the reason the man furnished. Also, thank you for presuming the woman was the “ingrate”. Know that is was completely your own projection.

PS: being nasty does not make one alpha

[Sam Odum @SamOdum1]

@2cene @GossipMillNaija Stealing something from a thief does not make one a saint. One also becomes a thief.

[Sam Odum @SamOdum1]

The white man is successful because he plans for the future today. The Hormuz Strait debacle has shown him what he must do and he has _already_ gone to work.

Africans, on the other hand, have carried on without as much as a blink. In 50yrs the tears will flow.

[Sam Odum @SamOdum1]

@rustyzii @UnkleAyo Proof the result is legit.

[Sam Odum @SamOdum1]

@UnkleAyo She shared BECAUSE she is in the 87th percentile.🤷🏽‍♂️