Writing
What I think about AI
Arguments on open source, self-hosting, AI tooling and junior roles. Sourced, with the strongest objection answered.
- Open Source
Why AI is making open source less open
Cal.com and Daytona closed their code in 2026, citing AI vulnerability scanners. Meta opened its frontier model only months later. Open is becoming conditional.
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- Self-hosting
Why more companies will run their own AI models
Open-weight models trail the frontier by about four months and cost a fraction to run. Revolut cut its AI coding bill by about 90%. Regulation is the real risk.
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- AI tooling
AI speaks code, not clicks
AI agents still fail most long GUI tasks, while anything that is code plays to AI's strengths. A motion graphic and Canva presentations show why.
· 6 min read
- Careers
AI replaces junior tasks, not junior people
Junior hiring is falling, in the US and in Germany. But AI takes over junior tasks, not the judgment and shared language a team needs. That is what juniors will be hired for.
· 6 min read