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Two Bets on Standing Still, and a Dark Horse
https://kernel.pryanic.com/posts/two-bets-on-standing-still-and-a-dark-horse
Published: August 9, 2026 10:10
Taalas etched the weights into transistors. Groq kept them loadable. Both bets assume a model writes one token at a time.
Enjoy the Bubble While It Lasts: The Secret Behind Your AI Bill
https://kernel.pryanic.com/posts/enjoy-the-bubble-while-it-lasts-the-secret-behind-your-ai-bill
Published: August 9, 2026 08:45
Somebody else is paying for your AI subscription. Not most of it. Almost all of it.
Should Hand-Written Code Be Considered Craft Now?
https://kernel.pryanic.com/posts/should-hand-written-code-be-considered-craft-now
Published: August 7, 2026 10:28
Once AI writes most of the code, writing it by hand stops being the default and starts being a choice. That shift is what turns it into craft.
GitHub Actions Is Having One of the Worst Days in Its History
https://kernel.pryanic.com/posts/github-actions-is-having-one-of-the-worst-days-in-its-history
Published: August 7, 2026 07:47
GitHub Actions has been in major outage for six hours and counting. Only one day in its history was worse, and that record is about two hours away.
Are We Using AI at the Wrong Scale?
https://kernel.pryanic.com/posts/are-we-using-ai-at-the-wrong-scale
Published: August 6, 2026 10:30
You don't use a chainsaw to slice bread.