Phil Calçado
@philcalcado.com
Headed engineering for companies w/ either millions of users but no revenue or millions in revenue but no users.
It’s sad that, in the rush to call themselves AI-enabled, companies are reverting 50 years in software engineering and doing silly things like counting LOC, like a middle manager at IBM on a CORBA project in the ’90s.
February 10, 2026 at 1:29 PM
It’s sad that, in the rush to call themselves AI-enabled, companies are reverting 50 years in software engineering and doing silly things like counting LOC, like a middle manager at IBM on a CORBA project in the ’90s.
I get unreasonably excited when someone asks for cafés to work from in the South Brooklyn subreddits.
February 7, 2026 at 11:12 PM
I get unreasonably excited when someone asks for cafés to work from in the South Brooklyn subreddits.
Corporate needs you to find the differences between this picture and this picture.
February 2, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Corporate needs you to find the differences between this picture and this picture.
The funny thing is that they actually need English, or at least other language in with they were trained, because they don't _think_, they are *language* models that simulate intelligence through language patterns
January 31, 2026 at 6:28 PM
The funny thing is that they actually need English, or at least other language in with they were trained, because they don't _think_, they are *language* models that simulate intelligence through language patterns
It’s going to be so damn funny when these bots and the folks hyping this AutoGPT 2.0 as the second coming realize what the second L in LLM stands for…
January 31, 2026 at 3:19 AM
It’s going to be so damn funny when these bots and the folks hyping this AutoGPT 2.0 as the second coming realize what the second L in LLM stands for…
somehow the whole foods in gowanus wasn't mad max
January 24, 2026 at 12:48 AM
somehow the whole foods in gowanus wasn't mad max
My phone auto-updated without my consent and I can tell you my English isn't good enough to properly express how much I hate this liquid glass bs.
January 23, 2026 at 2:34 PM
My phone auto-updated without my consent and I can tell you my English isn't good enough to properly express how much I hate this liquid glass bs.
When just saying “AI” can bump your stock price or valuation, it’s hard to take these statements at face value.
January 12, 2026 at 12:42 AM
When just saying “AI” can bump your stock price or valuation, it’s hard to take these statements at face value.
FWIW, I’ve been working with GenAI since early 2022, built some of the first things we’d now call “agents,” shipped products to hundreds of thousands of users, and I use AI agents while coding every day.
And still, it’s pretty obvious the claims are exaggerated.
And still, it’s pretty obvious the claims are exaggerated.
January 12, 2026 at 12:42 AM
FWIW, I’ve been working with GenAI since early 2022, built some of the first things we’d now call “agents,” shipped products to hundreds of thousands of users, and I use AI agents while coding every day.
And still, it’s pretty obvious the claims are exaggerated.
And still, it’s pretty obvious the claims are exaggerated.
Some comments talked about internal tools and prototypes. Others that it is definitely the year of AI on the desktop—just wait. Some pointed to refactoring. Others called it all bullshit. A disturbing number of people went full Pied Piper “the stock is the product” www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZFT...
Silicon Valley - Pied Piper's product
YouTube video by Scott Olson
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Some comments talked about internal tools and prototypes. Others that it is definitely the year of AI on the desktop—just wait. Some pointed to refactoring. Others called it all bullshit. A disturbing number of people went full Pied Piper “the stock is the product” www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZFT...
Last week’s post about companies claiming they’re more productive than ever while delivering about the same as ever ended up being a tongue-in-cheek Rorschach test.
Silicon Valley - Pied Piper's product
YouTube video by Scott Olson
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Last week’s post about companies claiming they’re more productive than ever while delivering about the same as ever ended up being a tongue-in-cheek Rorschach test.
Haha as aparências enganam…
… tirando nesse caso. No caso eu tava todo fodido mermo
… tirando nesse caso. No caso eu tava todo fodido mermo
January 9, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Haha as aparências enganam…
… tirando nesse caso. No caso eu tava todo fodido mermo
… tirando nesse caso. No caso eu tava todo fodido mermo
Coding agents and vibe coding have enabled teams to write more code in the last six months than in the past ten years!
And yet the pace of shipped features and the actual value delivered feels the same as ever.
So… wtf is all this code y’all writing?
And yet the pace of shipped features and the actual value delivered feels the same as ever.
So… wtf is all this code y’all writing?
January 9, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Coding agents and vibe coding have enabled teams to write more code in the last six months than in the past ten years!
And yet the pace of shipped features and the actual value delivered feels the same as ever.
So… wtf is all this code y’all writing?
And yet the pace of shipped features and the actual value delivered feels the same as ever.
So… wtf is all this code y’all writing?
Haven’t had to miss BJJ yet this year—2026 has started off than 2025 already
January 7, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Haven’t had to miss BJJ yet this year—2026 has started off than 2025 already
Did I...just DoS Verizon?
January 6, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Did I...just DoS Verizon?
The problem with AI is that it tastes like stevia. I will not be taking questions at this time, thank you
January 2, 2026 at 10:10 PM
The problem with AI is that it tastes like stevia. I will not be taking questions at this time, thank you
Using Claude Code to write Ruby feels like spending 70% of your time trying to exorcise DHH’s ghost from the shell just to get some minimal modularity.
December 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Using Claude Code to write Ruby feels like spending 70% of your time trying to exorcise DHH’s ghost from the shell just to get some minimal modularity.
O pior é que a gente sempre acaba com metade das coisas num monorepo que contem um monolito mas tambem oturas coisas dai tem outro monolito em outro repo e um monte de coisa aleatoria em outros repos. Ninguém respeita www.catb.org/jargon/html/...
Zero-One-Infinity Rule
www.catb.org
December 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
O pior é que a gente sempre acaba com metade das coisas num monorepo que contem um monolito mas tambem oturas coisas dai tem outro monolito em outro repo e um monte de coisa aleatoria em outros repos. Ninguém respeita www.catb.org/jargon/html/...
Spec-Driven Development is a lovely new buzzword, right up until you remember LLMs are systems optimized to cheat their way into satisfying arbitrary constraints.
December 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Spec-Driven Development is a lovely new buzzword, right up until you remember LLMs are systems optimized to cheat their way into satisfying arbitrary constraints.
Turns out Slack and code reviews were missing one very specific emoji reaction. I present :sad-dijkstra:
December 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Turns out Slack and code reviews were missing one very specific emoji reaction. I present :sad-dijkstra:
December 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Now I really want to see what changed in that ToS…
December 6, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Now I really want to see what changed in that ToS…
You either die a Web 2.0 hero, or live long enough to be acquired by Bending Spoons.
December 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
You either die a Web 2.0 hero, or live long enough to be acquired by Bending Spoons.
When IBM’s CEO drops a “and here’s the catch” in his interview with @reckless.bsky.social and your brain immediately thinks “this dude is AI?”
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
When IBM’s CEO drops a “and here’s the catch” in his interview with @reckless.bsky.social and your brain immediately thinks “this dude is AI?”