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Hand-written code is over. For those who can pay

DHH said 37signals stopped writing code by hand. So did I. The difference is that he runs frontier models without looking at the bill, and I get paid in Brazilian reais.

Published on: October 17, 2026By: Brimmar
Software for one, and who does the seeding

Code got cheap and everyone will have the software they need. The value moves to data. The problem is that data comes from exactly the software everyone shares.

Published on: October 17, 2026By: Brimmar
Shopify Bought Tailwind. It Was That or Let It Die.

In January Tailwind's funnel broke. In September Shopify gave the team a home. It was a rescue. What's left is what Shopify gains by owning the tool AI already treats as the web's default look.

Published on: September 16, 2026By: Brimmar
PHP does not need a faster PHP

TypePHP promises to speed up PHP and Whim admits it is not PHP. I wanted erased generics but I get why internals said no.

Published on: September 10, 2026By: Brimmar
Not My Problem Anymore

Andrew Kelley celebrated the end of Zig's relationship with Bun. The Rust rewrite was a technical success. Both facts are the same story, and neither is good news for anyone without access to infinite tokens.

Published on: July 11, 2026By: Brimmar
The Rust Rewrite and the Explicit Pay to Win Era

Bun merged [PR #30412](https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/30412) today, moving from Zig to Rust. This is not just a language change, it is the moment the resource gap in software became undeniable.

Published on: May 14, 2026By: Brimmar
Is HTML the New Markdown or Just the New Hype?

HTML is being pushed as the replacement for Markdown in AI workflows. But is this a technical breakthrough or just another wave of premature hype?

Published on: May 9, 2026By: Brimmar
The Great Bun Experiment

Bun is testing a migration from Zig to Rust. Whether this represents a shift in systems programming or a failed gamble remains to be seen.

Published on: May 9, 2026By: Brimmar
Claude, OpenCode, and the Death of "Bring Your Own Harness"

Anthropic's blocking of third-party tools like OpenCode signals a shift in control, but the open ecosystem is moving faster.

Published on: January 16, 2026By: Brimmar
The Fall of Tailwind and the End of Knowledge Arbitrage

Tailwind CSS cutting 75% of its team isn’t just a business crisis; it’s the signal of a new Industrial Revolution in software development.

Published on: January 8, 2026By: Brimmar
Beyond 40 Hours: Why Work is Almost Never Enough

Exploring why software development professionals need to go beyond their contractual 40 hours to build a solid career and stand out in the market, and how continuous learning differs from day-to-day work.

Published on: November 6, 2025By: Brimmar
The Contradiction of the Return to Office

Examining the contradiction between remote work success and the return-to-office movement in companies like Nubank, which reached its peak operating in a primarily remote environment, and why the mandatory hybrid model doesn't make sense for a company that eliminated the physical for customers.

Published on: November 6, 2025By: Brimmar
From "Human" Culture to "Exposed": The Failure of AbacatePay

Critical analysis of how AbacatePay handled an employee's dismissal, exposing the disconnect between the company's marketing and the reality of management.

Published on: November 5, 2025By: Brimmar
Finally, the First Post

I've been trying to write this first post for years, and the path to get here hasn't been a straight line.

Published on: October 14, 2025By: Brimmar