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      <title><![CDATA[Working Yourself Out of a Job]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The technology industry's entire purpose is to progress the technology. Anyone who stagnates in one area will eventually work themselves out of a job.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[We've Been Building AI From the Wrong Direction]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[We've been applying AI from the top down. We actually need to be thinking about how we apply it from the bottom up.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Era of Agents is Among Us]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[We are past the point where the primary way people interact with software is by poking at screens themselves.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[You're a Founder]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Be the adult in the room that says "I will own this problem."]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[How to Use AI]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Effective AI coding is about context, not magic.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[You Must Use AI]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Measuring prompts instead of progress is madness.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[How to Get a Job]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A practical guide to building opportunities instead of chasing them.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[How I Made GraphQL Feel Like Cheating]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[From twenty REST calls to one GraphQL gateway.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Change Your Room, Change Your Life]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Why your circle, more than your hustle, decides how fast you win.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Specialist Trap]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The toolbox changes, your thinking shouldn't.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rigging Life: How We Misunderstand Success and Equity]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[From side quests to main missions, how to rig the game of life in your favor.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[We're Using Social Media Wrong]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Why social media is warping your perception, and how to fix it.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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