Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

This mixed with that study from last year where the results were "programmers think they are 20% more efficient, in fact they were 20% slower and worse" just seem to indicate that vibe coding is uh

bad
for both the programmer, and what is being programmed.

Like, really fucking bad.

https://www.anthropic.com/research/AI-assistance-coding-skills

Anthropic's own fucking study lmao

"Yeah AI coding makes you worse at it"

like
significantly so

This tracks with my personal experience in my previous job.

Rapid deskilling when they started using llm "prompt engineering" for the code they pushed.

Within weeks they basically had stopped being able to explain what they were pushing during code review.

Just wrote a quick blog post encouraging you to think more clearly about what Twitter’s “Send to AI” button means:

Don’t Create The “Draw a Dick” Button

https://aria.dog/barks/draw-a-dick-button/

the computer chronicles tapes are being redigitized into a higher quality than before available. i believe i saw somewhere this will eventually include episodes previously unavailable such as the ones prior to syndication. bless

https://archive.org/details/@davidga/lists/2/computer-chronicles-re-digitization-project

Absolutely brutal headline: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/867874/stripe-visa-mastercard-amex-csam-grok

We knew this was coming, but now the clock is running. From Privacy International:

"Yesterday the Trump Administration announced a proposed change in policy for travellers to the U.S. It applies to the powers of data collection by the Customs and Border Police (CBP)."

"If the proposed changes are adopted after the 60-day consultation, then millions of travellers to the U.S. will be forced to use a U.S. government mobile phone app, submit their social media from the last five years and email addresses used in the last ten years, including of family members. They’re also proposing the collection of DNA."

PI linked to and summarized a Federal Register entry describing the proposed requirements:

-All visitors must submit ‘their social media from the last 5 years’

-ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) applications will include ‘high value data fields’, ‘when feasible’
‘telephone numbers used in the last five years’
-‘email addresses used in the last ten years’
-‘family number telephone numbers (sic) used in the last five years’
-biometrics – face, fingerprint, DNA, and iris
-business telephone numbers used in the last five years
-business email addresses used in the last ten years.

https://www.privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5713/trump-administration-wants-your-dna-and-social-media

The Federal Register entry says comments are encouraged and
must be submitted (no later than
February 9, 2026) to be assured of
consideration

Federal Register entry: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-10/pdf/2025-22461.pdf

Just had lunch with @yarkot and at one point mentioned the difficulties I was having trying to write an interesting blog post about my holiday Rust+ed(1) adventure. He then said "maybe that's because you're not writing it with ed(1)."

(stunned silence).

🤔

So, not only did I recently code a whole-ass programming language using nothing more than Rust and ed(1), I just submitted a proposal (unrelated) to RustConf 2026 a full month before the deadline using no AI.

queer friend groups are like

It's so fascinating to see the changes in one company's logo over the years.

AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/01/20/ai-boom-could-falter-without-wider-adoption-microsoft-chief-satya-nadella-warns/

Oh dear me are people not "adopting" lying autocomplete widely enough to keep the line going up? Oh noes. Nobody could have foreseen this! 🤯

I cannot wait for the official announcement of a new #Microslop programme, Adopt-an-AI. 🤣

What an absolute tool. "The bubble might burst if you all don't help pump it!" 🤡

#AI #Hype #SatyaNadella #Microsoft

When we say that All Cops Are Bastards, we don't just mean #ICE, even if those murdering bastard coward nazis are particularly deserving of scorn.

We mean _all_ cops. Even the National Guard. Even the nice cops that stop and help you change a tire. Even John McClane.

The cop in your head is a bastard, too. The one that tells you not to do what makes you happy. The one that ruins your free time, and spits on your best effort when you're at your worst.

ALL Cops Are Bastards.