Friday Links: Ads, 100,000 whys, and feeling alive

Hey there. Quick update: Street-Smart Coding Manifesto is almost done. No more hunting for typos. If you preordered, I’m sending a preview next week. And as usual, here are 4 links I thought were worth sharing this week: #1. Google search (if that’s still a thing) and LLMs are great for quick facts. When was America discovered? But the real problem is offloading our thinking to AI (10min), even for simple tasks. #2. LLMs often reply “You’re absolutely right.” For your next project or idea, get a punch in reality (5min). #3. Want to read more books? Here’s how (9min). And no, you don’t need hacks. #4. AI has made code so cheap that it’s turning software into marketing (9min). And in case you missed it, I wrote on my blog about what my early readers said about Street-Smart Coding Manifesto (2min) and also wrote to celebrate my blog’s 8th anniversary (2min). (Bzzz…Radio voice) This email was brought to you by… Street-Smart Coding Manifesto. A case against syntax obsession. Because real…