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wait is a workstream just something that has a VP?

super excited for jev-like classifiers, fits a nice sweet spot above LLM and below custom training for a lot of real-world usecases I'm facing - LLM when you don't yet know the question you're asking, - Jev-like once you learn the question and a working rubric, swizec.com/blog/why-im-...

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Why I'm excited about Jev-like classifiers

zero-shot classifiers fit a nice spot on the roadmap to production AI apps

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 28/09/2026

A lot of “I’ll just make my own” vibe coders gonna learn an important lesson

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 28/09/2026

Monday is really a lot more chill if you play some catchup Sunday evening this feels like a slippery slope

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Jason Lengstorf @jason.energy · 27/09/2026

the hard parts of building a business are - solving a real problem for real people - ignoring shiny ideas that are fun but distracting - prioritizing boring stuff that moves the needle - connecting with customers if anything, AI makes it *harder* to build a successful business

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 27/09/2026

I did it! First run to bridge and back after knee surgery

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 26/09/2026

Actually going super well. Letting agents rip on a huge design system migration has improved our codebase in measurable ways. fewer typescript error better react doctor scores more readable composition improved file structure fantastic UX

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 24/09/2026

oh this is fun, my `gh auth login` now redirects to crypto, porn, and other bad sites it sent me to github.cm/auth/login instead of github.com/auth/login and I didn't notice fab 🙃 also how ...

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 23/09/2026

I'm about to feel like a freakin wizard or the world's greatest idiot

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 22/09/2026

Ok this looks pretty sick

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 21/09/2026

This morning Astra built me a silly little game and now Jev can play it for me while I watch TV. I love living in the future 🤩

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 20/09/2026

my favorite page of @typesafeai.bsky.social docs: "Here's what Jev can't do" we need more of this ❤️

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 19/09/2026

I've been on a quest lately to reclaim my sanity at work. The latest advancement is a bot that auto-approves and merges low risk PRs with no oversight 😈 swizec.com/blog/we-now-...

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We now auto-approve and merge 15% of PRs

've been on a quest lately to reclaim my sanity at work. The latest advancement is a bot that auto-approves and merges low risk PRs with no oversight 😈

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 18/09/2026

One of the hardest leadership things is when you have an idea or solution but people don’t see the vision yet. Then 3 weeks later they arrive at the same conclusion and are excited that they figured it out. You then have to applaud and encourage them.

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 17/09/2026

we've auto-approved and merged 14 pull requests and nothing blew up maybe time to broaden the rules

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 16/09/2026

The podcasters are wrong, cold showers suck. Especially If you were looking forward to a nice warm one

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 15/09/2026

Maybe Plasmidsaurus broke my brain (biotech) but I increasingly think of coding systems in a biology metaphor - running system - agents make changes - agents validate - agents find problems - agents patch things - ship all the time - feels random but keeps working agents may be human or not

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 13/09/2026

Went for a test drive in a Rivian R2 and it’s definitely a driving appliance. I wants it and it accelerates fast enough to upset the missus 😈

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 13/09/2026

I remember getting back in shape feeling a lot easier a few years ago

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 09/09/2026

sure honey I can do nights with baby

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 06/09/2026

Hecc running at elevation is hard 😅

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 05/09/2026

I've been a dad for 3 months now so obviously I have it all figured out and there's nothing new to learn. My theories are rock solid and definitely apply to everyone. Here's what B2B software taught me about having kids. swizec.com/blog/what-b2...

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What B2B SaaS taught me about having kids

I've been a dad for 3 months now so obviously I have it all figured out and there's nothing new to learn. My theories are rock solid and definitely apply to everyone.

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 03/09/2026

how do you do fellow NPCs

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 01/09/2026

100kg squat! It feels a lot lower in person 😆

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 31/08/2026

I should print this and start handing it out at conferences

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 31/08/2026

Been a dad for 3 months now. I was promised happiness and fulfillment, all I got was tired.

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 30/08/2026

Pretty good run today! Def still getting back into shape

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 29/08/2026

ok this is super confusing, this week ~200 people signed up for my newsletter with the name Test spam right? but they double opted in, signed up for every automated sequence, and keep opening all emails. Wtf is this nonsense

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 29/08/2026

Feels like all I do anymore is code review. Team lead? Review their code Coder? Review my agent's code Principal? Review my agent's code review code Manager? Review their specs Product? Review my stakeholder's specs I wear all these hats and they're all just code review 🙃

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 27/08/2026

when a bunch of Europeans sign up for your newsletter and it’s August 😂

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 27/08/2026

Here's how I keep a bunch of engineers and their agents working on the highest priority things and make sure we don't get *too* distracted by shiny-idea-du-jour swizec.com/blog/focus-a...

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Focus and followthrough are the moat

Because starting is easy and finishing is hard.

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 27/08/2026

You can start way more things that you can finish so here's how I keep a bunch of engineers and all their agents effective because focus and followthrough are the moat and nobody wants half a spaceship that solves the wrong problem swizec.com/blog/focus-a...

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Focus and followthrough are the moat

Because starting is easy and finishing is hard.

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 27/08/2026

only two types of content are worth making - when you’re excited - when you bleed

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 27/08/2026

The magic words that fix all bugs: Fuck this I’m just gonna go home then an hour later you forgot to leave but at least the bug is fixed

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 25/08/2026

Ok so you add a linter and now agents and humans keep doing # linter-ok instead of fixing their code ... do you add a linter that blocks blocking linters? asking for a friend

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 24/08/2026

Writing your own thoughts manually with your own fingers at least every week, even if you don’t publish, is the greatest career superpower. And you won’t even notice until you do it for a while.

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 23/08/2026

Slow trail run today. Hammies tired from deadlifts

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 22/08/2026

I should do more film photography. Found pics from December and August on the same roll smh

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 20/08/2026

1. Produce lots of code 2. The more code you have the exponentially more tokens you burn to make changes 3. ??? 4. Profit (just not yours)

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 19/08/2026

How do I ban Claude from creating utils? we're up to our 5th currency formatting function/component "because we need a unified way to do this"

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Sleepy So Tired Me

ALT: Sleepy So Tired Me

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 18/08/2026

After a few weeks of pure vibes with Claude and Cursor cloud agents, the Cursor IDE feels downright broken. What do you mean I can't type for 2 seconds without having a bunch of incorrect autocompletes shoved in my face? And Cmd+S puts me at bottom of file???

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 17/08/2026

A fun aspect of lead engineering that I’m sure others hate is that I get to build lots of quick 80% features and when a feature works, others have to invest the next 180% of the work while I’m off in lala land on the next dumb idea

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 16/08/2026

Good pace today and knee almost zero complaints maybe next week I can go all the way to the bridge again

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 15/08/2026

I've been experimenting with different approaches to build a system where humans and agents can ship fast safely. Think I've found something that works – custom linters. swizec.com/blog/stop-bu...

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Stop burning tokens on code review

I've been experimenting with different approaches to build a system where humans and agents can ship fast safely. Think I've found something that works – custom linters.

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 11/08/2026

The downside of agentic coding is that I now have to carefully review the code from even super experienced engineers because it's full of cleverisms and weird abstractions they wouldn't write 3 years ago.

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 11/08/2026

“Look I built this cool thing isn’t it great!?” 2020: omg what’s your IDE color scheme 2026: omg what’s your agent harness

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 10/08/2026

Once this design system migration is done, I should write about how AI has completely changed my attitude to massive rewrites. Manning asked me to write that [abandoned] book about Rewrites some 3 years too early

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