Prompt engineers in 2023: "AI please understand my 153 rules."

Context engineers in 2025: "Here's your new JSON vacation reality bro, soak the vibes, enjoy the boundaries. Namaste."

Using GPT 4.5 watching the tokens piling up.

Am I the only one who keeps revising down their estimate of software’s lifespan every day?

And then thinks, so does my window to create something meaningful?

How my Cursor workflow feels lately.

If you’re not multi-projecting, are you even vibe coding?

Wow MCPs are blowing up.

Just saw a shady dude in a trench coat whispering, “Yo, you need protocols?” outside Quiznos.

Think I’m done using Claude 3.7 for code. Just goes too far out of scope for what I’m trying to do.

Anyone else getting this result?

It’s staggering how far behind the average person is on AI, both in using it and understanding where it already is.

Above them is another group who think AI is just a gradual shift. Minor workflow upgrades, a better autocomplete in Gmail.

The gap in awareness right now is unreal.

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Put together a screenshot library tool that uses AI to auto-name and tag my screenshots and quickly realized how impractical it would be to market.

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