HTML is the new markdown. I've stopped writing markdown files for almost everything and switched to using Claude Code to generate HTML for me. This is why.

🚨🇭🇺🇷🇺 BREAKING: Orban Signals Deep Alignment with Putin in Private Call. Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán told Russian President Vladimir Putin he is ready to assist “in any way,” comparing himself to a “mouse” helping a “lion.” The remark referenced a classic fable, underscoring Orban’s message of strong cooperation and mutual support between the two leaders. The exchange highlights growing political alignment and strategic messaging between Budapest and Moscow. Source: Bloomberg News

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The best engineers never just wrote code. They were clarity merchants. The collapse of the implementation middle isn't making engineering less important but it's revealing what was always important: understanding problems so clearly that the code (now, the spec for our agents) becomes more obvious. The engineers who will thrive aren't those who can translate specs to code fastest. They're the ones who can: 1. Shape ambiguous problems into actionable intent 2. Design the context architecture that makes good outcomes inevitable 3. Judge what matters from what merely works This mirrors what others have observed about business model shifts: when distribution costs drop to zero, value accrues to curation and taste. When implementation costs approach zero, value accrues to problem formulation and judgment. The tools that win won't just accelerate the middle but I think they'll eliminate the need for it to exist separately at all. The craft evolves. It always has. But it remains craft.

Beginning in 2014, prestige industries decided they urgently needed to diversify. They didn’t purge established Boomers. Instead, they did everything possible to avoid hiring white millennial men. This is the story of a generation derailed by DEI. compactmag.com/article/the-l…

This is the most important article of the year. Highlights below, but you should really read it in full.