The Patch Paradox
AI coding agents make building cheap, but the same forces make attacking cheap too. Every patch that removes a known vulnerability also grows the system, and a bigger system means more surface for the next round of scanning.
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Writing things down
— how one founder figures out what he actually believes.
The hard part of building with agents isn't the code
What a few days of building with agents taught me. Writing the code is not the bottleneck anymore. The bottleneck is keeping the work attached to the right problem, and making sure nothing slips between "I fixed it" and "this actually shipped".
Vibe coding is just another layer of abstraction
Where I land on the vibe coding debate. It is a real force multiplier, and it is also just another abstraction layer. Which means the old skill of digging down a layer when things break still matters.
Six things I believe about making software
An attempt at writing down the principles that guide how I build software at Serendipity Labs. Not prescriptions — just honest markers of where my head is at right now.
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