The value of writing code has effectively gone to zero. If you're a W2 coder, move your role up the food chain. You are now an architect/manager. For the last decade or two, we used to say that all companies are software companies. How do you define yourself by something which is effectively free? All companies must be asking themselves, what is the real value that I can offer to customers? You should be giving software away, like water from a water fountain. There will be other ways to provide value, but likely much differently than you have before.

Having written a million lines of platform code with Claude, I assure you the productivity utopia exists for those who are fit for the job.

This is where I quickly thank God for being a Texan.

I think the question at this point is whether companies fire 90% of their coders, create 10x more software, or something in between. I think each company will respond differently. Can legacy orgs even spin up the processes and internal velocity to create the software they need 10x faster? They could if they increase headcount, which may lead to an AI-era hiring boom. Ultimately this depends on the path they choose, if they have the stones.

Today's AI class in the Lampasas public went very well. Topics that students covered today: 1. Model basics (tokens, context, tools) 2. How experts in a given field can use AI to accelerate tasks by 10x 3. Building your own reusable tools 4. Walkthroughs of hands-on accounting exercises Planning to do this every month or so in the future.

Lon Humphries Viper 52100 and desert iron wood

Four inches of laser-sharp CPM-M4, courtesy of Michael Janich. Compression lock, thick spine, hollow grind, topped off with an extremely pointy tip. Outstanding piece of kit.

This is literally densely-written software engineering speech in common English, tinged with allegory. I'm somewhat surprised that so many lack depth in understanding of English and language.

Ut vita tam innocens maneret, velut flores post auroram

We already do this. We optimize our customers' public interfaces for computer readers, favoring them over humans at a (roughly) 60/40 split, moreso in the future.

It's an inalienable right and follows from the Laws of Nature.

I'm teaching a class at the library this weekend for local employees to learn how to do their job 10x faster with AI.

We code apps for free now for good clients. An existing customer needed a portal for their new partner program. This app typically would have cost them around $10,000. However, this is a multi-subscription customer with whom we have a deep, trusting relationship. So I banged out 5500 lines of code, tested and then deployed it in just one day. With software development costs approaching zero in the limit, this is something we can now do for them for free.

Texas men of this generation have a certain look in their eye and it's incredibly hard to pin down. I see a life full of hard experience softened by age, but I'm still not sure that's it. I see the same eyes on the left as my father and his brother's on the right. I feel like we will lose such a large part of our identity as Texans when this generation is no longer with us. The shoes are big.

Even for an agentic process, you need a human instrumenting it, to chart a course and review. Whether you're coworking with Claude or running agents, you need to get dirty with the model. I feel like we're discovering that swaths of humanity have no inner dialogue. If you had the opportunity to work with the world's smartest professor, would you know what to do?