Reposted by AntmanCodesBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/06/2026"Gish Gallop" is a debating term for an opponent who makes so many claims that "it's impossible to address them in the time available" (it's named for Creationist Duane Gish): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_ga... I think about the Gish Gallop whenever I'm asked to comment on AI. 1/ 7383153
AntmanCodes @antman.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Based on people's reactions to my last article, I figured Total Skill Collapse was a concept worth expanding on: www.democratic-economy.org/total-skill-... 020
AntmanCodes @antman.bsky.social · 20/03/2026It's the only way things will get better: www.democratic-economy.org/stop-enrichi...democratic-economy.orgStop Enriching The Investor ClassThe fact is that excessive wealth is inflationary. The more the wealthy consolidate and accumulate wealth, the more expensive everything becomes while simultaneously rendering us less able to afford i... 000
AntmanCodes @antman.bsky.social · 09/03/2026I don't know why I was surprised by the anger I received for this article, but it was more than I was expecting 😅 antman-does-software.com/i-will-never...antman-does-software.com 000
Reposted by AntmanCodesJason Cohen @asmartbear.com · 01/03/2026Software is not a commodity, although some are closer or farther. To see why, imagine me forcing you to swap out your email client, or your IDE, or your spreadsheet or docs app, and tell me you won't care at all. UX isn't fungible, even if you argue "features" are. 2928031
Reposted by AntmanCodesncnvrgnt @inconvergent.net · 08/03/2026an LLM is a compiler in the same way that a slot machine is an ATM 214339
Reposted by AntmanCodesRichard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 10/02/2026The Resolution Foundation’s “Unsung Britain” is an exercise in neoliberal excuse making for the politics of destruction www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/02...taxresearch.org.ukThe Resolution Foundation’s “Unsung Britain” is an exercise in neoliberal excuse making for the politics of destructionThe Resolution Foundation (RF) sent me a very breathy press release / email this morning, promoting this: As they say: The 13 million working-age families across the poorer half of the country are ... 34121
AntmanCodes @antman.bsky.social · 10/02/2026I started out writing a lament for the downfall of software and accidentally wrote an amateur economic treatise outlining a new economic paradigm that could maybe, potentially, sort of uh… save the world? 😅 I'm probably wrong, I don't know what I'm doing! www.democratic-economy.org/software-nev...democratic-economy.orgSoftware Never Needed to Eat the World— How a Democratic Economy might dislodge society from the belly of the beast I cannot continue silently playing along with my role in perpetuating the tireless march of capitalism as it devours the ... 000
AntmanCodes @antman.bsky.social · 26/01/2026BlueSky: Platform primarily consisting of Dan Abramov posts about BlueSky 😅 ...yeah I really need to find more people to follow 000
AntmanCodes @antman.bsky.social · 31/10/2025The #rust compiler isn't a compiler so much as it's 6 guys with baseball bats beating you until you admit you're a terrible programmer. 000
AntmanCodes @antman.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Last week on stream, I built this cool TalonVoice extension that let's you click anywhere by saying three words: github.com/Antman261/ta...github.comGitHub - Antman261/talon-matrix-mouseContribute to Antman261/talon-matrix-mouse development by creating an account on GitHub. 010
AntmanCodes @antman.bsky.social · 30/08/2025Been a long while since I wrote an article — getting back into it with a short and sweet one on software architecture: antman-does-software.com/couplingantman-does-software.comCouplingCoupling is not intrinsically bad. Too little coupling makes systems brittle - changes have to be repeated in multiple places, system behaviour grows increasingly inconsistent, and finding 100% of the code that needs to be updated as part of a change... 000
Reposted by AntmanCodesHazel Weakly @hazelweakly.me · 26/08/2025Hey Cat mentioned one of my favorite new concepts I learned from her while listening to a podcast! So I’m gonna bring up another really brilliant thing from that podcast. Let’s chat about pluralistic ignorance and what developer experience people should know about it! 🧵 23416