Ten Things I Read this Week
Cassia Scheffer
Published on March 01, 2025
This week’s post is a bit less organized because I was travelling this week.
AI
AI Codegen Workflow
This is a great post outlining a workflow with prompts for using AI to write instructions for itself. Note that Harper switches models for different tasks.
Use AI to Build AI
Honestly, using AI to build things that build things is the best use of AI I’ve seen so far.
Using Generative AI to Build Generative AI
AI Protest Album
Artists released an album in protest of UK copyright laws changing.
1,000 artists release silent AI protest album Is This What We Want?
AI Breaks the Rules
But what are the rules? The AI broke the rules here because it was determined to win at all costs. I’ve had similar experiences with AI writing code. It is so determined to write code that you must tell it when to stop.
More Research Showing AI Breaking the Rules - Schneier on Security
Engineering Culture
Remember 2004?
This is a great insight into the power shift happening in tech right now.
It feels like 2004 again. - Anil Dash
Normal Engineers
I didn’t read this whole thing because it’s not within my budget to subscribe. BUT! I found this after I wrote Excellent Engineers. Charity Majors always has a fantastic take on work-life balance and engineering culture.
In Praise of “Normal” Engineers 🛠️
Soft Skills
This isn’t the first headline I’ve read like this about AI. Critical thinking and collaboration are skills very different from churning out algorithms. These skills aren’t going anywhere.
OpenAI researcher says soft skills aren’t going anywhere
AI or Die
I hate the title, but it’s a good read about what founders think about AI. AI is changing things, and it’s better to get ahead of it now.
Random
OMCB
I loved this read about one million checkboxes.
The Secret Inside One Million Checkboxes · eieio.games
Linguists Trick Gemini
One of my new pastimes is reading blogs by linguists who get Gemini to do things it is clearly not good at.