Nick Nisi
@nicknisi.com
🦖 Your friendly neighborhood vim.dad • Podcaster 🌟 Conference & community builder • 🌽 @nebraskajs.com Organizer
I wish @github.com would focus more on GitHub and less on Copilot.
AI Only works when the tools work.
AI Only works when the tools work.
February 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
I wish @github.com would focus more on GitHub and less on Copilot.
AI Only works when the tools work.
AI Only works when the tools work.
Damn, does LinkedIn know something I don't?
February 4, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Damn, does LinkedIn know something I don't?
Nothing like starting off the day with a flight delayed 3 hours.
Anyway, heading to NYC for the week!
Anyway, heading to NYC for the week!
February 2, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Nothing like starting off the day with a flight delayed 3 hours.
Anyway, heading to NYC for the week!
Anyway, heading to NYC for the week!
AI now pens 99% of my code. No novelty in that.
What's truly startling is how increasingly, my work conversations are with AI rather than people.
What's truly startling is how increasingly, my work conversations are with AI rather than people.
January 28, 2026 at 7:19 PM
AI now pens 99% of my code. No novelty in that.
What's truly startling is how increasingly, my work conversations are with AI rather than people.
What's truly startling is how increasingly, my work conversations are with AI rather than people.
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
Let go and let ~god~ Claude!
January 26, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Let go and let ~god~ Claude!
Agents move engineers up the org chart.
January 25, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Agents move engineers up the org chart.
A masked federal force is killing people and lying about it on camera. The whole country should be unified against this. Instead we’re arguing about whether it’s actually happening.
I don’t know how to process that.
I don’t know how to process that.
January 24, 2026 at 5:42 PM
A masked federal force is killing people and lying about it on camera. The whole country should be unified against this. Instead we’re arguing about whether it’s actually happening.
I don’t know how to process that.
I don’t know how to process that.
Anecdotal, but every AI skeptic I know has been allowed access to Copilot in any of its forms at work.
Businesses who only allow their devs use Copilot are going to be left behind.
Businesses who only allow their devs use Copilot are going to be left behind.
January 24, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Anecdotal, but every AI skeptic I know has been allowed access to Copilot in any of its forms at work.
Businesses who only allow their devs use Copilot are going to be left behind.
Businesses who only allow their devs use Copilot are going to be left behind.
This Skill I made is an absolute work horse! I dictate a direction I want to go. It organizes my thoughts and asks questions until it has > 95% confidence it understands what I actually want and how to implement it. Then it creates the specs and goes. Give it a try! github.com/nicknisi/cla...
claude-plugins/plugins/ideation at main · nicknisi/claude-plugins
Nick's own marketplace of Claude Plugins. Contribute to nicknisi/claude-plugins development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:04 PM
This Skill I made is an absolute work horse! I dictate a direction I want to go. It organizes my thoughts and asks questions until it has > 95% confidence it understands what I actually want and how to implement it. Then it creates the specs and goes. Give it a try! github.com/nicknisi/cla...
Me talking about Claude.
an ad for the righteous gemstones shows a man in a suit and turtleneck
Alt: an ad for the righteous gemstones shows a man in a suit and turtleneck
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January 18, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Me talking about Claude.
I wasn't asking Claude Code for career advice but in the process of asking about TUIs it gave me this little gem:
"You're the architect now, not the bricklayer. Your job is knowing what good looks like and steering toward it."
"You're the architect now, not the bricklayer. Your job is knowing what good looks like and steering toward it."
January 18, 2026 at 3:43 AM
I wasn't asking Claude Code for career advice but in the process of asking about TUIs it gave me this little gem:
"You're the architect now, not the bricklayer. Your job is knowing what good looks like and steering toward it."
"You're the architect now, not the bricklayer. Your job is knowing what good looks like and steering toward it."
I might be biased, but I just implemented CLI auth for the first time, and it was so easy with WorkOS!
January 17, 2026 at 6:46 PM
I might be biased, but I just implemented CLI auth for the first time, and it was so easy with WorkOS!
The audacity of Claude expecting me to do the work...
January 17, 2026 at 4:44 PM
The audacity of Claude expecting me to do the work...
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hey elected dems: they're gonna investigate you for obstruction anyway. you might as well deserve it
Here we go. www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/p...
DOJ investigating Minnesota governor, Minneapolis mayor over alleged obstruction of law enforcement, source says | CNN Politics
The Justice Department is investigating Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over possible obstruction of federal law enforcement, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.
www.cnn.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM
hey elected dems: they're gonna investigate you for obstruction anyway. you might as well deserve it
Yes, very thoroughly but I don’t write code by hand so much anymore.
My beautiful vim setup is a glorified markdown reader now.
My beautiful vim setup is a glorified markdown reader now.
January 9, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Yes, very thoroughly but I don’t write code by hand so much anymore.
My beautiful vim setup is a glorified markdown reader now.
My beautiful vim setup is a glorified markdown reader now.
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This is the ICE agent who murdered a woman by shooting her multiple times in the face.
January 7, 2026 at 7:14 PM
This is the ICE agent who murdered a woman by shooting her multiple times in the face.
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
I love Claude Code but our jobs are safe for a while since even it can't figure out how to update itself.
January 7, 2026 at 8:21 PM
I love Claude Code but our jobs are safe for a while since even it can't figure out how to update itself.
What's your plan for AI adoption in 2026?
January 6, 2026 at 11:31 PM
What's your plan for AI adoption in 2026?
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Today was my 1 year anniversary at WorkOS! It’s been a wonderful year of challenges and fun and I’m really looking forward to what we’re doing in 2026!
December 31, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Today was my 1 year anniversary at WorkOS! It’s been a wonderful year of challenges and fun and I’m really looking forward to what we’re doing in 2026!