From the Trenches

The Snake That Ate Itself: What Claude Code’s Source Revealed About AI Engineering Culture

Anthropic claimed 100% of Claude Code is AI-written. A source leak exposed a 3,167-line function, regex sentiment analysis, and 250K wasted API calls…

Apr 1 • Denis Stetskov

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March 2026

Your CLAUDE.md Is a Wish List, Not a Contract

AI coding agents follow fewer than 30% of instructions perfectly. Real compliance data from AGENTIF, METR, and thousands of supervised sessions with…

Mar 30 • Denis Stetskov

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The Autonomy Illusion

A benchmark gave 12 AI models a food truck. 8 went bankrupt. Every model that borrowed money failed. Here's what that means for your codebase. And the…

Mar 23 • Denis Stetskov

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AI’s Announcement Problem

Conference stages say AI replaces engineers. Production data says otherwise. I have both numbers.

Mar 16 • Denis Stetskov

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Your Brain on Autopilot: The Cost of AI Thinking for You

Eighty-three percent of ChatGPT users couldn’t recall key points from essays they had written minutes earlier.

Mar 9 • Denis Stetskov

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The Comprehension Extinction: AI Isn’t Replacing Engineers. It’s Eliminating the Ones Who Understand.

54,000 jobs cut with AI cited. Seniors fired, juniors review AI code they don't understand. We're not replacing engineers. We're losing the ability to…

Mar 2 • Denis Stetskov

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February 2026

AI Agent Platforms: The Security Nightmare Nobody’s Talking About

220,000 GitHub stars. 135,000 exposed instances. 800+ malicious skills. 22% of enterprise employees installed it without IT approval. The attack surface…

Feb 23 • Denis Stetskov

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The Country of Geniuses That Doesn’t Exist

Anthropic's CEO predicts 50% of white-collar jobs gone in 5 years. His own team: 0/16 believe Claude can replace entry-level researchers. Here's why.

Feb 17 • Denis Stetskov

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Big Tech’s $364B Hypothesis Meets the $650B Reality

Six months ago it was $364 billion. Now it's $650 billion. Free cash flow collapsing. Amazon may raise debt. The procurement mindset doesn't scale…

Feb 9 • Denis Stetskov

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When Capex Beats Headcount: What Amazon’s Layoffs Actually Mean

16,000 people. Wednesday morning. That’s 30,000 in three months when you count October.

Feb 2 • Denis Stetskov

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January 2026

RAG Is Easy. Your Data Isn’t.

Custom GPT took a weekend. Production takes months. Why most AI projects fail before engineering starts, and what actually predicts success.

Jan 27 • Denis Stetskov

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The AI Silicon Tax: How Your RAM Got 3x More Expensive While You Weren’t Looking

Last week, a friend pinged me about upgrading his PC.

Jan 20 • Denis Stetskov

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