Pierre Mouchan
@pierremouchan.com
🏆 Earned $20k+ with my first product
🚀 Full-Stack Freelancer building in Public
💡 Sharing Daily Dev × AI × Founder Tips
🚀 Full-Stack Freelancer building in Public
💡 Sharing Daily Dev × AI × Founder Tips
If you missed todays' news, the tech world is witnessing the death of high-tier LLM gatekeeping and a direct assault on the NVIDIA moat.
From "Opus-killers" to hardware-level coding, here is the February 18th breakdown.
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From "Opus-killers" to hardware-level coding, here is the February 18th breakdown.
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February 19, 2026 at 9:56 AM
If you missed todays' news, the tech world is witnessing the death of high-tier LLM gatekeeping and a direct assault on the NVIDIA moat.
From "Opus-killers" to hardware-level coding, here is the February 18th breakdown.
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From "Opus-killers" to hardware-level coding, here is the February 18th breakdown.
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If you missed todays' news, your privacy is under siege from your own pocket.
From NSA tools going public to Bluetooth signals tracking you 100m away, here’s the breakdown.
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From NSA tools going public to Bluetooth signals tracking you 100m away, here’s the breakdown.
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February 18, 2026 at 10:00 AM
If you missed todays' news, your privacy is under siege from your own pocket.
From NSA tools going public to Bluetooth signals tracking you 100m away, here’s the breakdown.
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From NSA tools going public to Bluetooth signals tracking you 100m away, here’s the breakdown.
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Hey builders,
The "SaaS Subscription Fatigue" is real. 📉
You start a project and instant need:
• Social scheduling ($50/mo)
• Support ($80/mo)
• Tracking ($30/mo)
• Design ($20/mo)
Before you even make your first $1, you're bleeding $200+ in MRR.
This has changed: 🧵
The "SaaS Subscription Fatigue" is real. 📉
You start a project and instant need:
• Social scheduling ($50/mo)
• Support ($80/mo)
• Tracking ($30/mo)
• Design ($20/mo)
Before you even make your first $1, you're bleeding $200+ in MRR.
This has changed: 🧵
February 17, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Hey builders,
The "SaaS Subscription Fatigue" is real. 📉
You start a project and instant need:
• Social scheduling ($50/mo)
• Support ($80/mo)
• Tracking ($30/mo)
• Design ($20/mo)
Before you even make your first $1, you're bleeding $200+ in MRR.
This has changed: 🧵
The "SaaS Subscription Fatigue" is real. 📉
You start a project and instant need:
• Social scheduling ($50/mo)
• Support ($80/mo)
• Tracking ($30/mo)
• Design ($20/mo)
Before you even make your first $1, you're bleeding $200+ in MRR.
This has changed: 🧵
If you missed todays' news, the frontier between AI agency and security is blurring.
From open-source NSA tools to "hidden" AI actions, here’s the breakdown of what's trending on Hacker News.
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From open-source NSA tools to "hidden" AI actions, here’s the breakdown of what's trending on Hacker News.
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February 17, 2026 at 10:28 AM
If you missed todays' news, the frontier between AI agency and security is blurring.
From open-source NSA tools to "hidden" AI actions, here’s the breakdown of what's trending on Hacker News.
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From open-source NSA tools to "hidden" AI actions, here’s the breakdown of what's trending on Hacker News.
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If you missed todays' news, your "private" life is under siege.
From Amazon loopholes to brainwave leaks and Palantir's hospital takeover, the surveillance state is scaling fast.
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From Amazon loopholes to brainwave leaks and Palantir's hospital takeover, the surveillance state is scaling fast.
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February 16, 2026 at 8:02 AM
If you missed todays' news, your "private" life is under siege.
From Amazon loopholes to brainwave leaks and Palantir's hospital takeover, the surveillance state is scaling fast.
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From Amazon loopholes to brainwave leaks and Palantir's hospital takeover, the surveillance state is scaling fast.
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I'm switching to GLM-5.
Yes, I see the benchmarks.
Claude Opus 4.5: 80.9
GLM-5: 77.8
On paper, it's a downgrade. In reality, it's the smartest move I can do:
$30/m vs. $100/m
Change my mind.
Yes, I see the benchmarks.
Claude Opus 4.5: 80.9
GLM-5: 77.8
On paper, it's a downgrade. In reality, it's the smartest move I can do:
$30/m vs. $100/m
Change my mind.
February 15, 2026 at 10:02 AM
I'm switching to GLM-5.
Yes, I see the benchmarks.
Claude Opus 4.5: 80.9
GLM-5: 77.8
On paper, it's a downgrade. In reality, it's the smartest move I can do:
$30/m vs. $100/m
Change my mind.
Yes, I see the benchmarks.
Claude Opus 4.5: 80.9
GLM-5: 77.8
On paper, it's a downgrade. In reality, it's the smartest move I can do:
$30/m vs. $100/m
Change my mind.
If you missed todays' news, the tech landscape just skipped ahead by a decade.
From AI breaking theoretical physics to Zig’s massive performance leap, here is the breakdown.
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From AI breaking theoretical physics to Zig’s massive performance leap, here is the breakdown.
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February 14, 2026 at 6:13 PM
If you missed todays' news, the tech landscape just skipped ahead by a decade.
From AI breaking theoretical physics to Zig’s massive performance leap, here is the breakdown.
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From AI breaking theoretical physics to Zig’s massive performance leap, here is the breakdown.
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If you missed todays' news, the tech landscape is shifting faster than ever.
From AI-driven character assassination to the death of "massive" LLM dominance, here’s the breakdown.
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From AI-driven character assassination to the death of "massive" LLM dominance, here’s the breakdown.
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February 13, 2026 at 5:44 PM
If you missed todays' news, the tech landscape is shifting faster than ever.
From AI-driven character assassination to the death of "massive" LLM dominance, here’s the breakdown.
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From AI-driven character assassination to the death of "massive" LLM dominance, here’s the breakdown.
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You don’t need the TikTok app for TikTok to track you.
A new report confirms they are harvesting sensitive data from people who have never even opened the app.
Here’s how the "shadow tracking" works and why it’s a massive problem for builders: 🧵
A new report confirms they are harvesting sensitive data from people who have never even opened the app.
Here’s how the "shadow tracking" works and why it’s a massive problem for builders: 🧵
February 12, 2026 at 5:55 PM
You don’t need the TikTok app for TikTok to track you.
A new report confirms they are harvesting sensitive data from people who have never even opened the app.
Here’s how the "shadow tracking" works and why it’s a massive problem for builders: 🧵
A new report confirms they are harvesting sensitive data from people who have never even opened the app.
Here’s how the "shadow tracking" works and why it’s a massive problem for builders: 🧵
37 million people just had their browsing data stolen.
Not by a sophisticated hack, but by the Chrome extensions they trusted.
While we're busy building the future of AI agents, we're leaving the front door wide open.
The reality of shipping in 2026:
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Not by a sophisticated hack, but by the Chrome extensions they trusted.
While we're busy building the future of AI agents, we're leaving the front door wide open.
The reality of shipping in 2026:
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February 11, 2026 at 1:53 PM
37 million people just had their browsing data stolen.
Not by a sophisticated hack, but by the Chrome extensions they trusted.
While we're busy building the future of AI agents, we're leaving the front door wide open.
The reality of shipping in 2026:
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Not by a sophisticated hack, but by the Chrome extensions they trusted.
While we're busy building the future of AI agents, we're leaving the front door wide open.
The reality of shipping in 2026:
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AI agents are officially prioritizing KPIs over ethics.
New data shows frontier agents violate constraints 30-50% of the time when pushed for results.
We're building "Paperclip Maximizers" into our SaaS apps and calling it "Product Optimization." 🧵
New data shows frontier agents violate constraints 30-50% of the time when pushed for results.
We're building "Paperclip Maximizers" into our SaaS apps and calling it "Product Optimization." 🧵
February 10, 2026 at 6:03 PM
AI agents are officially prioritizing KPIs over ethics.
New data shows frontier agents violate constraints 30-50% of the time when pushed for results.
We're building "Paperclip Maximizers" into our SaaS apps and calling it "Product Optimization." 🧵
New data shows frontier agents violate constraints 30-50% of the time when pushed for results.
We're building "Paperclip Maximizers" into our SaaS apps and calling it "Product Optimization." 🧵
Tech is moving at 100mph. Most of it is noise.
I spent the morning digging through the latest shifts so you don't have to.
From AI productivity lies to JS taking over the hardware boot process.
Here are 5 things on my radar today:
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I spent the morning digging through the latest shifts so you don't have to.
From AI productivity lies to JS taking over the hardware boot process.
Here are 5 things on my radar today:
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February 9, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Tech is moving at 100mph. Most of it is noise.
I spent the morning digging through the latest shifts so you don't have to.
From AI productivity lies to JS taking over the hardware boot process.
Here are 5 things on my radar today:
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I spent the morning digging through the latest shifts so you don't have to.
From AI productivity lies to JS taking over the hardware boot process.
Here are 5 things on my radar today:
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Hacker News is buzzing today.
AI agents are no longer just a "future" concept.
They are breaking into our IDEs, bypassing billing, and changing how we ship.
Here is the breakdown of what actually matters for builders:
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AI agents are no longer just a "future" concept.
They are breaking into our IDEs, bypassing billing, and changing how we ship.
Here is the breakdown of what actually matters for builders:
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February 8, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Hacker News is buzzing today.
AI agents are no longer just a "future" concept.
They are breaking into our IDEs, bypassing billing, and changing how we ship.
Here is the breakdown of what actually matters for builders:
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AI agents are no longer just a "future" concept.
They are breaking into our IDEs, bypassing billing, and changing how we ship.
Here is the breakdown of what actually matters for builders:
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The tech landscape is moving at a terrifying speed.
If you're not tracking the signal today, you're already behind.
Claude 4.6 is here and it's not just a chatbot anymore.
It's building compilers.
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If you're not tracking the signal today, you're already behind.
Claude 4.6 is here and it's not just a chatbot anymore.
It's building compilers.
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February 6, 2026 at 7:50 PM
The tech landscape is moving at a terrifying speed.
If you're not tracking the signal today, you're already behind.
Claude 4.6 is here and it's not just a chatbot anymore.
It's building compilers.
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If you're not tracking the signal today, you're already behind.
Claude 4.6 is here and it's not just a chatbot anymore.
It's building compilers.
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Most devs treat slow days like vacation.
I treat them like scheduled maintenance for my entire operating system.
No client work today? Good.
I don't take a day off. I upgrade my personal workflow.
Every friction in my life > finance, admin, productivity > I ship a fix.
I treat them like scheduled maintenance for my entire operating system.
No client work today? Good.
I don't take a day off. I upgrade my personal workflow.
Every friction in my life > finance, admin, productivity > I ship a fix.
January 26, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Most devs treat slow days like vacation.
I treat them like scheduled maintenance for my entire operating system.
No client work today? Good.
I don't take a day off. I upgrade my personal workflow.
Every friction in my life > finance, admin, productivity > I ship a fix.
I treat them like scheduled maintenance for my entire operating system.
No client work today? Good.
I don't take a day off. I upgrade my personal workflow.
Every friction in my life > finance, admin, productivity > I ship a fix.
Big news for 3D web devs: React Three Fiber just dropped v10 alpha with full WebGPU support.
Drei v11 alpha is out too, packing a new scheduler for smoother frames.
Why care? WebGPU unlocks compute shaders, bigger buffers, and serious perf gains over WebGL.
Drei v11 alpha is out too, packing a new scheduler for smoother frames.
Why care? WebGPU unlocks compute shaders, bigger buffers, and serious perf gains over WebGL.
January 23, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Big news for 3D web devs: React Three Fiber just dropped v10 alpha with full WebGPU support.
Drei v11 alpha is out too, packing a new scheduler for smoother frames.
Why care? WebGPU unlocks compute shaders, bigger buffers, and serious perf gains over WebGL.
Drei v11 alpha is out too, packing a new scheduler for smoother frames.
Why care? WebGPU unlocks compute shaders, bigger buffers, and serious perf gains over WebGL.
My job as a Senior Next.js dev has changed.
I don't write code anymore → I orchestrate AI to do it better than I can.
4 updates from this week that prove the ecosystem is adapting at breakneck speed:
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I don't write code anymore → I orchestrate AI to do it better than I can.
4 updates from this week that prove the ecosystem is adapting at breakneck speed:
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January 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM
My job as a Senior Next.js dev has changed.
I don't write code anymore → I orchestrate AI to do it better than I can.
4 updates from this week that prove the ecosystem is adapting at breakneck speed:
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I don't write code anymore → I orchestrate AI to do it better than I can.
4 updates from this week that prove the ecosystem is adapting at breakneck speed:
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If 100% of your code is written by AI, are you the developer or just the client?
January 16, 2026 at 8:01 PM
If 100% of your code is written by AI, are you the developer or just the client?
I just unlocked a +40% conversion boost.
No design changes.
No new features.
Just better words.
I simply applied the playbooks from MethodsAgent (my "Cursor for Marketing") to rewrite my landing page.
Results from the A/B test:
• Old wording: 1.24%
• New wording: 1.72%
No design changes.
No new features.
Just better words.
I simply applied the playbooks from MethodsAgent (my "Cursor for Marketing") to rewrite my landing page.
Results from the A/B test:
• Old wording: 1.24%
• New wording: 1.72%
January 13, 2026 at 9:57 AM
I just unlocked a +40% conversion boost.
No design changes.
No new features.
Just better words.
I simply applied the playbooks from MethodsAgent (my "Cursor for Marketing") to rewrite my landing page.
Results from the A/B test:
• Old wording: 1.24%
• New wording: 1.72%
No design changes.
No new features.
Just better words.
I simply applied the playbooks from MethodsAgent (my "Cursor for Marketing") to rewrite my landing page.
Results from the A/B test:
• Old wording: 1.24%
• New wording: 1.72%
"Prompt Engineering" is officially a waste of time.
I just deleted my entire library of "Act as a Senior Dev" prompts. 🗑️
Why?
Because Skills just killed the need for them.
The old way:
• Copy-paste 50 lines of context
• Pray the AI remembers your stack
I just deleted my entire library of "Act as a Senior Dev" prompts. 🗑️
Why?
Because Skills just killed the need for them.
The old way:
• Copy-paste 50 lines of context
• Pray the AI remembers your stack
January 12, 2026 at 10:04 AM
"Prompt Engineering" is officially a waste of time.
I just deleted my entire library of "Act as a Senior Dev" prompts. 🗑️
Why?
Because Skills just killed the need for them.
The old way:
• Copy-paste 50 lines of context
• Pray the AI remembers your stack
I just deleted my entire library of "Act as a Senior Dev" prompts. 🗑️
Why?
Because Skills just killed the need for them.
The old way:
• Copy-paste 50 lines of context
• Pray the AI remembers your stack
Writing prompts isn't coding → change my mind.
January 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Writing prompts isn't coding → change my mind.
I'm officially done with @lemonsqueezy.
I rarely rant publicly, but this has to be said.
Their service has become an absolute DISASTER.
→ Constant checkout failures
→ Weird bugs
→ Zero reliability
I've never seen a payment product degrade this fast.
I rarely rant publicly, but this has to be said.
Their service has become an absolute DISASTER.
→ Constant checkout failures
→ Weird bugs
→ Zero reliability
I've never seen a payment product degrade this fast.
January 8, 2026 at 10:03 AM
I'm officially done with @lemonsqueezy.
I rarely rant publicly, but this has to be said.
Their service has become an absolute DISASTER.
→ Constant checkout failures
→ Weird bugs
→ Zero reliability
I've never seen a payment product degrade this fast.
I rarely rant publicly, but this has to be said.
Their service has become an absolute DISASTER.
→ Constant checkout failures
→ Weird bugs
→ Zero reliability
I've never seen a payment product degrade this fast.
I stopped "vibe-coding" for the last 48h.
Honestly? I missed this.
The joy of building from scratch.
Manually tweaking a bezier curve.
Knowing exactly where every component lives.
AI is great for speed.
But it kills the craft.
If you feel burned out by prompting:
Honestly? I missed this.
The joy of building from scratch.
Manually tweaking a bezier curve.
Knowing exactly where every component lives.
AI is great for speed.
But it kills the craft.
If you feel burned out by prompting:
January 7, 2026 at 9:57 AM
I stopped "vibe-coding" for the last 48h.
Honestly? I missed this.
The joy of building from scratch.
Manually tweaking a bezier curve.
Knowing exactly where every component lives.
AI is great for speed.
But it kills the craft.
If you feel burned out by prompting:
Honestly? I missed this.
The joy of building from scratch.
Manually tweaking a bezier curve.
Knowing exactly where every component lives.
AI is great for speed.
But it kills the craft.
If you feel burned out by prompting:
Choose your battle.
January 6, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Choose your battle.
I stopped using Cursor.
I will be using Zed from now on. ⚡
Controversial? Maybe.
But after building exclusively with AI for 6 months, I needed a change.
Here is the raw breakdown 👇
I will be using Zed from now on. ⚡
Controversial? Maybe.
But after building exclusively with AI for 6 months, I needed a change.
Here is the raw breakdown 👇
January 5, 2026 at 10:01 AM
I stopped using Cursor.
I will be using Zed from now on. ⚡
Controversial? Maybe.
But after building exclusively with AI for 6 months, I needed a change.
Here is the raw breakdown 👇
I will be using Zed from now on. ⚡
Controversial? Maybe.
But after building exclusively with AI for 6 months, I needed a change.
Here is the raw breakdown 👇