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things i've found interesting — by André Nogueira

2026-03-12

Cognitive Debt: When Velocity Exceeds Comprehension ↗ [rockoder.com]

the gap between how fast AI writes code and how fast humans understand it

#ai #engineering #complexity

A measured warning about what happens when output velocity decouples from comprehension. The invisible part is the killer: cognitive debt doesn't show up in any metric until something breaks and nobody knows why. The point about junior engineers never developing intuition from friction hits hard.
2026-03-12

Running 69 Agents ↗ [geohot.github.io]

calm down, it's just a faster shovel

#ai #hype #work

geohot doing what geohot does best: deflating the room. The argument isn't that AI isn't real — it's that the anxiety being sold around it is a product, not a warning. Build things that matter, stop doomscrolling about agents. The line about rent-seeking jobs deserves a slower read.
2026-03-12

You Will Blame the Wrong People ↗ [geohot.github.io]

the villain is rarely who you're looking at

#society #economics #hype

a companion piece to the rent-seeking line from the previous post. geohot points the finger not at the rich or the foreign but at the structurally unproductive — the people whose entire existence is toll collection. Provocative framing, but the underlying question is worth sitting with: what does it mean to extract more than you create?
2026-03-11

The Gervais Principle, or The Office According to The Office ↗ [ribbonfarm.com]

a management theory hiding inside a sitcom

#organizations #people #classic

Venkat Rao uses The Office to describe how organizations actually work: Sociopaths at the top who pull the strings, Clueless middle managers who genuinely believe in the mission and serve as useful scapegoats, and Losers at the bottom who made a rational trade of freedom for stability. The uncomfortable part is that the model maps disturbingly well to real life.