Month: March 2025

Brace yourselves for a barrage of AI-assisted garbage made by people who don’t know an API from an IPA. Screen shot from the movie “Office Space” We’ve officially entered the age of “vibe coding” — what a ridiculous name. In this new digital frontier, anyone can prompt an AI with, “Build me an app that’s like LinkedIn meets Tinder — complete …

The ability to identify and frame problems is your most valuable asset. Engineering won’t be the most valuable tech skill for much longer. As no-code app building becomes commonplace, and vibe coding gets better, the important question changes from “how do we build this” to “what should we build”? Guess who’s great at figuring out what to build? …

An AI-assistant that enhances your designs without taking away your creative control Though I hate to say it, there are limitations to designs and prototypes created in Figma. A designer knows what the end-product should look like, but developers might have to make guesses on what is intended in small nuances the design missed (like how many …

An animated comic illustration of a Fortnite character looking up and to the right, while a city burns in the background. Credit: Me. Fortnite wasn’t a hit when it started. It was a totally different game back then. No battle royale, no millions of dollars in prize money, no Mariah Carey frozen in an ice block …