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Optimizing the Wrong Thing, Faster
AI makes it easier than ever to build impressive-looking systems that are architecturally defeated before they start.
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AI makes it easier than ever to build impressive-looking systems that are architecturally defeated before they start.
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AI can accelerate engineering, but it can also create false confidence in bad solutions.
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F1 telemetry, low-latency trading, and choosing Zig over C++ and Rust
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