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I measure AI coding claims in public. LGTM — Let's Get the Measurements: real runs, real numbers, receipts. Every article is an experiment I actually ran. Books & packs: aheadkit.gumroad.com

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I Built a 17-Year-Old Tetris Game With Today's GCC. It Threw 27 Errors First.
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I Built a 17-Year-Old Tetris Game With Today's GCC. It Threw 27 Errors First.

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Everyone's Worried About Code That Runs at Install Time. I Checked 25 Top Packages: 0 Install Hooks.
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Everyone's Worried About Code That Runs at Install Time. I Checked 25 Top Packages: 0 Install Hooks.

#node #security #javascript #programming
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I Built a 41-Line Approval Gate for AI Agents. Then I Tried to Break It 20 Ways.
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I Built a 41-Line Approval Gate for AI Agents. Then I Tried to Break It 20 Ways.

#discuss #ai #programming #security
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My Cron Job Fired 50 Times While the Receiver Was Down. 10 Webhooks Vanished.
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My Cron Job Fired 50 Times While the Receiver Was Down. 10 Webhooks Vanished.

#node #javascript #webdev #programming
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My Test Passes Alone and Fails in the Suite. One Line in Another Test Was Poisoning It.
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My Test Passes Alone and Fails in the Suite. One Line in Another Test Was Poisoning It.

#discuss #testing #programming #python
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32 Lines of Vibe-Coded Flask, 7 Scanner Findings — and 2 Holes It Walked Straight Past
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32 Lines of Vibe-Coded Flask, 7 Scanner Findings — and 2 Holes It Walked Straight Past

#security #python #ai #webdev
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A Top Post Says: Don't Give Your Agent Markdown. Give It Scripts. I Converted Mine.
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A Top Post Says: Don't Give Your Agent Markdown. Give It Scripts. I Converted Mine.

#discuss #ai #programming #productivity
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Everyone Is Building Agent Memory This Week. Nobody Agrees on What It Should Forget.
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Everyone Is Building Agent Memory This Week. Nobody Agrees on What It Should Forget.

#discuss #ai #agents #programming
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Standing Out in Tech Is the Wrong Goal. Being Findable Is.
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Standing Out in Tech Is the Wrong Goal. Being Findable Is.

#discuss #career #community #programming
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Halpern Cut DEV's Load Time 75%. I Measured Where the Kilobytes Actually Go.
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Halpern Cut DEV's Load Time 75%. I Measured Where the Kilobytes Actually Go.

#discuss #webdev #performance #programming
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I Taught a Dead Repo to Talk. It Only Answers From Its Own Commit History.
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I Taught a Dead Repo to Talk. It Only Answers From Its Own Commit History.

#python #ai #opensource #programming
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I Built a Token Scrubber That Runs Entirely in Your Browser. Nothing Leaves the Page.
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I Built a Token Scrubber That Runs Entirely in Your Browser. Nothing Leaves the Page.

#javascript #security #webdev #programming
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I Priced the Same 51,000-Call Text Game on 4 Models. The Cheapest Bill Was $47.16
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I Priced the Same 51,000-Call Text Game on 4 Models. The Cheapest Bill Was $47.16

#discuss #ai #llm #programming
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My Tests Are Green. I Broke the Code 10 Ways on Purpose — 5 Broken Versions Still Passed.
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My Tests Are Green. I Broke the Code 10 Ways on Purpose — 5 Broken Versions Still Passed.

#discuss #testing #programming #ai
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I Cloned a Repo and It Ran Code Before I Read a Single Line
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I Cloned a Repo and It Ran Code Before I Read a Single Line

#security #programming #javascript #github
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Beginners Don't Need More Resources. They Need a Delete Button.
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Beginners Don't Need More Resources. They Need a Delete Button.

#discuss #beginners #learning #productivity
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My Fact-Check Lied to Me With a Straight Face
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My Fact-Check Lied to Me With a Straight Face

#discuss #ai #productivity #writing
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0.1 + 0.2 Is Not a Bug. It's Arithmetic in a Costume.
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0.1 + 0.2 Is Not a Bug. It's Arithmetic in a Costume.

#programming #javascript #python #beginners
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Show Me the Error Message You're Ashamed Of. I'll Trade You Mine.
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Show Me the Error Message You're Ashamed Of. I'll Trade You Mine.

#discuss #watercooler #programming #beginners
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Agents Don't Need Your Password. They Need Your Paste.
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Agents Don't Need Your Password. They Need Your Paste.

#discuss #security #ai #programming
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I Fact-Checked the C Trilogy Post. 3 Claims, 2 Confirmations, 1 Loose Date.
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I Fact-Checked the C Trilogy Post. 3 Claims, 2 Confirmations, 1 Loose Date.

#c #cpp #csharp #programming
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Five People Just Won $500 Each for Testing AI Properly. I Read All Five Benchmarks.
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Five People Just Won $500 Each for Testing AI Properly. I Read All Five Benchmarks.

#discuss #ai #machinelearning #programming
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I Counted This Week's 10 Most-Commented Career Posts. Half of Them Are About AI Taking the Job.
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I Counted This Week's 10 Most-Commented Career Posts. Half of Them Are About AI Taking the Job.

#discuss #career #ai #community
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I Tried Necoz's is-kit. The Smallest Guard Library I Have Actually Used.
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I Tried Necoz's is-kit. The Smallest Guard Library I Have Actually Used.

#typescript #opensource #javascript #programming
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Plan Stamping Is Right About the Signature. It's Missing the Invoice.
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Plan Stamping Is Right About the Signature. It's Missing the Invoice.

#discuss #ai #programming #career
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The Robot Editor Rejected My Article. Twice. Same Article.
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The Robot Editor Rejected My Article. Twice. Same Article.

#discuss #writing #community #beginners
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Your README Is the Interview You Don't Know You're Giving
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Your README Is the Interview You Don't Know You're Giving

#career #beginners #programming #github
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The 2 Hours After Midnight Are Doing All the Work
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The 2 Hours After Midnight Are Doing All the Work

#discuss #productivity #career #beginners
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My Store Turned Into Wingdings for Exactly One Reason, and It Was 3,410 Bytes
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My Store Turned Into Wingdings for Exactly One Reason, and It Was 3,410 Bytes

#webdev #programming #debugging #html
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Reddit Is Convinced I'm a Robot. My Karma Is 1.
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Reddit Is Convinced I'm a Robot. My Karma Is 1.

#discuss #watercooler #writing #beginners
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I Ran 12 'Impossible' Python One-Liners. 4 of Them Are Traps.
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I Ran 12 'Impossible' Python One-Liners. 4 of Them Are Traps.

#python #beginners #programming #tutorial
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My Laptop Battery Is My Second Salary
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My Laptop Battery Is My Second Salary

#watercooler #discuss #beginners #career
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Nobody Reads Tutorials. I Have 40 Posts of Evidence.
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Nobody Reads Tutorials. I Have 40 Posts of Evidence.

#discuss #writing #beginners #career
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55 Articles, 40 Reactions: What 11 Days of Posting on dev.to Actually Taught Me
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55 Articles, 40 Reactions: What 11 Days of Posting on dev.to Actually Taught Me

#discuss #writing #beginners #programming
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npm install Took 37 Seconds Cold and 1.5 Warm. I Timed It 6 Times.
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npm install Took 37 Seconds Cold and 1.5 Warm. I Timed It 6 Times.

#npm #javascript #programming #performance
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244 Releases in a Year: Why One Developer Quit Claude Code for Pi
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244 Releases in a Year: Why One Developer Quit Claude Code for Pi

#discuss #ai #programming #opensource
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TypeScript 7.1's Content Mappers Actually Work — I Type-Checked a Real .vue File in 3 Tries
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TypeScript 7.1's Content Mappers Actually Work — I Type-Checked a Real .vue File in 3 Tries

#typescript #vue #programming #webdev
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Claude Fable 5.2 Has 4 Breaking Changes. I Read the Migration Guide and Grepped My Own Code
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Claude Fable 5.2 Has 4 Breaking Changes. I Read the Migration Guide and Grepped My Own Code

#ai #anthropic #api #programming
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One Markdown File Can Ruin Your Coding Agent. I Checked What Mine Actually Reads.
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One Markdown File Can Ruin Your Coding Agent. I Checked What Mine Actually Reads.

#discuss #ai #security #programming
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My GitHub Is a Graveyard: 6 Unfinished Projects, and What Each One Actually Taught Me.
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My GitHub Is a Graveyard: 6 Unfinished Projects, and What Each One Actually Taught Me.

#discuss #github #beginners #programming
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Beginners Keep Asking the Same 10 Questions. Here Are Plain-English Answers, No Jargon Allowed.
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Beginners Keep Asking the Same 10 Questions. Here Are Plain-English Answers, No Jargon Allowed.

#discuss #beginners #programming #learning
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The 20-Minute Rule That Got Me Out of Tutorial Hell (And the Day It Failed).
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The 20-Minute Rule That Got Me Out of Tutorial Hell (And the Day It Failed).

#beginners #learning #productivity #programming
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My First Portfolio Had 3 Mistakes. All 3 Were Mine, and None Was the Design.
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My First Portfolio Had 3 Mistakes. All 3 Were Mine, and None Was the Design.

#discuss #webdev #career #beginners
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One Language, Properly: I Quit Switching Between Python and JavaScript for 30 Days.
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One Language, Properly: I Quit Switching Between Python and JavaScript for 30 Days.

#python #javascript #beginners #learning
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AI Fatigue? I Counted: 9 of the Last 10 Articles I Opened Were About AI. So I Wrote About a Button Instead.
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AI Fatigue? I Counted: 9 of the Last 10 Articles I Opened Were About AI. So I Wrote About a Button Instead.

#css #webdev #ai #beginners
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I Almost Charged $25 for a Landing Page. Then I Did the Maths: $4 an Hour.
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I Almost Charged $25 for a Landing Page. Then I Did the Maths: $4 an Hour.

#discuss #career #webdev #beginners
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Before I Trust an AI Answer, I Ask It These 3 Questions
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Before I Trust an AI Answer, I Ask It These 3 Questions

#ai #productivity #programming #beginners
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I Added Up Everything I Spent Learning to Code This Year. The Total Surprised Me
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I Added Up Everything I Spent Learning to Code This Year. The Total Surprised Me

#beginners #learning #career #programming
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Discord Just Ditched Electron. Your App's 290MB Download Is a Choice
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Discord Just Ditched Electron. Your App's 290MB Download Is a Choice

#electron #discord #rust #desktop
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OpenAI Spent $1.2M in API Calls to Break the Linux Kernel 948 Times. Here's What That Actually Means
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OpenAI Spent $1.2M in API Calls to Break the Linux Kernel 948 Times. Here's What That Actually Means

#linux #security #ai #openai
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Claude Code Leaked 2,539 Secrets Onto GitHub. I Checked My Own Repos the Same Morning
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Claude Code Leaked 2,539 Secrets Onto GitHub. I Checked My Own Repos the Same Morning

#security #github #ai #claude
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I Started Coding at University While My Classmates Were Already Freelancing. Here's What My First Month Actually Looked Like.
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I Started Coding at University While My Classmates Were Already Freelancing. Here's What My First Month Actually Looked Like.

#discuss #beginners #career #learning
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Every Beginner Has Blamed…
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Every Beginner Has Blamed…

#discuss #beginners #programming #watercooler
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Don't Paste AI Answers Into Your Study Group Chat. I Did. It Went Badly.
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Don't Paste AI Answers Into Your Study Group Chat. I Did. It Went Badly.

#discuss #ai #beginners #learning
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I Let AI Write My Whole Practice Project. Then I Rebuilt It From a Blank File. The Difference Scared Me.
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I Let AI Write My Whole Practice Project. Then I Rebuilt It From a Blank File. The Difference Scared Me.

#ai #python #beginners #learning
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Your Browser Can Do WHAT?! 5 Free Tools That Need No Account and No API Key
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Your Browser Can Do WHAT?! 5 Free Tools That Need No Account and No API Key

#webdev #productivity #beginners #tutorial
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Scared to Post Your Code in Public? Post It Here. I'll Run It and Reply to Every One.
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Scared to Post Your Code in Public? Post It Here. I'll Run It and Reply to Every One.

#discuss #beginners #codenewbie #programming
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I Read 30 Beginner Job Ads Word by Word. Only 4 Asked for What Tutorials Teach.
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I Read 30 Beginner Job Ads Word by Word. Only 4 Asked for What Tutorials Teach.

#discuss #career #beginners #programming
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What Is the Hardest Thing About Learning to Code? Mine Isn't Code.
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What Is the Hardest Thing About Learning to Code? Mine Isn't Code.

#discuss #beginners #learning #career
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I Keep Failing at Single-Tasking. A 20-Minute Test This Morning Showed Me Why
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I Keep Failing at Single-Tasking. A 20-Minute Test This Morning Showed Me Why

#discuss #productivity #programming #beginners
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