Welcome to Hallucination Weekly #2 — my new experimental way to share what is on my radar in terms of AI, in a short(er) and more skimmable form. With the AI industry in its state of extreme hype, and zero sign that this will change any time soon, the most
“So I prompted Cursor to write me some code, and what it gave me didn’t even compile! AGI my ass. Wake me up when these AI coders are no longer stupid.” Interviewer: Next task — on the white board over there, please write me an algorithm in JavaScript that inserts
Welcome to Hallucination Weekly — my new experimental way to share what is on my radar in terms of AI, in a short(er) and more skimmable form. With the AI industry in its state of extreme hype, and zero sign that this will change any time soon, the most common
I can’t go to parties anymore without the topic of AI coming up. “How can I get started with vibe coding? What AI code editor should I use?” I attend parties with a very specific audience. Indeed, parties filled with cool people. Inevitably the party devolves into an ad-hoc
Ever since generative AI came into vogue I’ve been intrigued. Yet, I could never quite put my finger on why exactly this was. I think I finally figured it out, though. I’ve spent a large chunk of my life (perhaps too much of it) understanding computers: how they
For the past years I’ve been spending a lot of my time thinking (and writing) about the human side of engineering. Topics like leadership, management, psychology, humanity. The trivial things. But I cracked that nut. Done. There’s just not enough space in this post to fit the answer.
Human Behavior Demystified Nature History and Context0:00/1114.0440821× My job is changing. I'll maybe share more about this later, but let me already share that it's going to be more AI focused. As part of this journey, I'm experimenting with a whole
The holidays are coming, for those that celebrate. For this occasion, let me share one of my own family’s old holiday traditions. One that, I have to admit, was recklessly ruined by uncle Melv in the late ‘60s. We don’t speak of uncle Melv anymore in our family.
“So, I stand in front of the class to introduce myself and guess what: nobody knew they were going to have a new teacher! Can you believe it?” My wife started a new job as an English teacher a few weeks ago. Her onboarding was somewhat bumpy. “You know, you
“Well, that’s pretty silly, they should just...” I’m sorry, but let me stop you right there. Just don’t. No, Zef. No. Before you share your wisdom and all your amazing insight, let me tell you a bit about yourself — or any other human for that matter. Yes,
“I got up and then I found a berry. And then I ate it. And then I went hunting with Andre. And then Andre was killed by a Mammoth. And then I was sad. And then I found another berry. And then I ate it. And then I felt better.
Krav Maga is a self-defense sport originally developed by the Israeli military. It takes a “no-frills” approach to self defense. Whereas in Eastern martial arts like Kung-Fu or Aikido, one may learn elaborate, beautiful, dance-like responses to an attack, in Krav Maga you simply learn to kick ‘em in the