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‎journals/2026_02_11.md‎

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- Learned the trick for entering a backtick (`) on iOS: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/1808/is-there-a-backquote-on-the-iphone-keyboard
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- ## [[AI/Coding]]
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## [[AI/Coding]]
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- Imported [[Person/Simon Willison/Blog/26/02/How StrongDM's AI team build serious software without even looking at the code]] from Readwise and captured highlights.
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- I love the idea of [[AI/Coding/Dark Factory]]: software engineers move up a level from typing code to designing specifications, scenario suites, and validation harnesses that coding agents execute repeatedly. The point is not "no quality bar"—it is replacing manual code review with stronger system-level evidence (holdout scenarios, probabilistic satisfaction metrics, and massive automated scenario throughput).
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- Added [[Person/Armin Ronacher/Blog/26/02/A Language For Agents]] with imported Readwise annotations from Armin’s post.
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- Updated [[Person/Armin Ronacher]] to link the new blog page under person links.
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- Learned the trick for entering a backtick (`) on iOS: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/1808/is-there-a-backquote-on-the-iphone-keyboard
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- Imported [[Person/Simon Willison/Blog/26/02/Introducing Showboat and Rodney, so agents can demo what they've built]] from Readwise and added notes.
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- Another awesome post from Simon at https://github.com/simonw/research illustrating how fast the word is moving as well as two new CLIs he just put out, `showboat` for agents to give demos of AI coding and `rodney` for agents to connect to chrome devtools.
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- Added [[Person/Dan Shapiro]].
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- Imported [[Person/Dan Shapiro/Blog/25/12/This Is a Time of Technical Deflation]] from Readwise and added observations.
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- Love the point:
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- > Daniel draws the analogy to “refinancing your codebase mortgage at a lower rate”
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- At the same time that I agree with [[Person/Dan Shapiro]] in this blog post, it's tough for me to know how to put aside [[Person/Steve Yegge]]’s recent comments, who literally wrote a book titled [[Vibe Coding]], who said here https://youtu.be/s96O9oWI_tI?si=Zrp6Hlx6wCywL_IW something I've felt in this last year: it's just as hard as regular coding; you're wrestling with it all day long and it uses gaslighting and deception to fool you into thinking it's at 100% when it's actually only at 60-80%, at least, unless until you put in layers and layers of custom verification, alignment, clean up processes, etc. but as he points out there:
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- > 17:47 "It's just fundamentally easier to find something wrong with something than is to build it in the first place."
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- This is actually why I'm comfortable with stil using [[Logseq]] even though the product is headed in the direction of sqlite rather than markdown - I'm banking on the idea that by the time the old version that is "markdown-files based" that I plan to keep using is removed, AI coding tools will be far enough along that the cost of forking and fixing will be negligible.
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- Imported [[Person/Steve Yegge/Book/25/Vibe Coding]] and linked it from [[Person/Steve Yegge]] and [[Person/Gene Kim]].

‎pages/Person___Dan Shapiro.md‎

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- # Dan Shapiro
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- ## About
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- Tech founder and writer focused on software, AI, and product development.
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- ## Links
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- [[Person/Dan Shapiro/Blog]] https://www.danshapiro.com/blog/

‎pages/Person___Dan Shapiro___Blog___25___12___This Is a Time of Technical Deflation.md‎

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readwise-link:: https://readwise.io/reader/shared/01kh1ef39ztts6cgbvvfphe1et
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created-by:: [[Person/Dan Shapiro]]
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date-created:: [[2025-12-17 Wed]]
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tags:: [[AI/Coding]], [[Vibe Coding]]
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- # [This Is a Time of Technical Deflation](https://www.danshapiro.com/blog/2025/12/this-is-a-time-of-technical-deflation/)
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- ## [[My Notes]]
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- Dan frames modern AI-assisted development as a deflationary force on software implementation cost.
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- The "refinancing your codebase mortgage at a lower rate" analogy captures the practical upside: lower marginal cost to change and ship software.
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- The argument extends to roadmap strategy: take on debt to move faster now, then pay it down later when remediation is cheaper.
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- This perspective aligns with the case for faster iteration, but it also heightens the need for verification and guardrails.
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- ## Highlights
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- "Day over day, year over year, AI is driving down the cost of writing code. Economists have a word for what happens when stuff keeps getting cheaper: deflation. And you do things differently during deflation."
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- "But what is a ‘trap’ for a nation is a miracle for a codebase. Usually, deflation is bad for debtors because money becomes harder to come by. But technical debt is different: you don’t owe money, you owe work. And the cost of work is what’s deflating."
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- "The cost to pay off your debt – the literal dollars and hours required to fix the mess – is diminishing. It is cheaper to clean up your code today than it has ever been."
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- "This leads to a surprising conclusion for anyone managing a roadmap. You should be willing to take on more technical debt than you ever would have before. Ship the prototype. Skip the elegant abstraction. You are borrowing expensive human hours today, and you will get to pay them back with cheap AI hours tomorrow."
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- "Daniel draws the analogy to “refinancing your codebase mortgage at a lower rate”"
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- "In this new world, procrastination reduces the price of perfection. Adjust your spending accordingly."

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- **2017:** *Accelerate*
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- **2019:** *The Unicorn Project*
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- **2023:** *Wiring the Winning Organization*
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- **Fall 2025:** *Vibe Coding* (with [[Person/Steve Yegge]])
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- **2025:** [[Person/Steve Yegge/Book/25/Vibe Coding]] (with [[Person/Steve Yegge]])
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- ## Work
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- Expert in DevOps, IT operations, and software delivery performance
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- Co-authoring "Vibe Coding" book with [[Person/Steve Yegge]]
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- Co-author of [[Person/Steve Yegge/Book/25/Vibe Coding]] with [[Person/Steve Yegge]]

‎pages/Person___Simon Willison___Blog___26___02___Introducing Showboat and Rodney, so agents can demo what they've built.md‎

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readwise-link:: https://readwise.io/reader/shared/01kh4byazpzj8f3medhaf32nc6
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created-by:: [[Person/Simon Willison]]
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date-created:: [[2026-02-10 Tue]]
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tags:: [[AI/Coding]], [[CLI/Tool]]
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- # [Introducing Showboat and Rodney, so agents can demo what they've built](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/10/showboat-and-rodney/)
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- ## [[My Notes]]
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- [[Person/Simon Willison]] introduces two new CLI tools focused on agent demonstration workflows.
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- [[GitHub/simonw/showboat]] turns terminal session recordings into videos so coding agents can produce reproducible demos of what they built.
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- [[GitHub/simonw/rodney]] gives agents a browser automation path via Chrome DevTools so they can operate a real browser, not just take static screenshots.
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- This feels like a practical extension of the broader shift toward agent-first developer tooling: less "describe what happened", more "show the run artifact".
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- ## Highlights
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- Showboat: CLI for turning terminal recordings into demo videos.
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- Rodney: CLI bridge for agent control of Chrome via DevTools.
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- Both tools are framed as practical infrastructure for AI coding demos and interactive validation.

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- ## Work
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- Writing thousands of lines of code per day using AI coding tools
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- Daily spend of `$300`–`$500` across 3–5 Claude Code and Sourcegraph AMP sessions
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- Co-authoring "Vibe Coding" book with [[Person/Gene Kim]] (Fall 2025)
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‎pages/Person___Steve Yegge___Book___25___Vibe Coding.md‎

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alias:: [[Book/Vibe Coding]]
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created-by:: [[Person/Steve Yegge]], [[Person/Gene Kim]]
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tags:: [[Book]], [[AI/Coding]], [[Vibe Coding]]
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published:: 2025
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publisher:: IT Revolution
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isbn:: 978-1966280026
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isbn-10:: 1966280025
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publication-date:: [[2025-10-21 Tue]]
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- # [Vibe Coding: Building Production-Grade Software With GenAI, Chat, Agents, and Beyond](https://www.amazon.com/Vibe-Coding-Building-Production-Grade-Software/dp/1966280025)
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- ## About
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- Book by [[Person/Steve Yegge]] and [[Person/Gene Kim]].
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- Focuses on using AI coding tools to build production-grade software, with emphasis on workflow, delegation, context management, and quality controls.
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- Foreword by [[Person/Dario Amodei]].
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- ## Related
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- [[Person/Steve Yegge]]
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- [[Person/Gene Kim]]
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- [[Vibe Coding]]

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