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FS HOT explores technology, ideas and everyday life with curiosity, scepticism and a determination to leave the reader a little better informed than when they arrived.

“Yeah, we're having a bit of an incident. Some sort of retro API got into the CMS. It's converting everything to Amiga mode. I can't seem to stop it.” - Deakster

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NEWWhy You Still Need an Experienced Programmer in a World of Vibe Coding

AI can write working code in minutes. It still can't tell you whether that code should have been written that way in the first place. A personal take on vibe coding and experience.

Published: 6 Oct 2026

 Stop Blaming AI

AI can change what is possible. Humans still decide what to do with those possibilities. An essay on human accountability, with responses from two different AI systems.

Published: 4 Oct 2026

 Your Company Probably Doesn't Need Its Own Coding LLM

Training a model on your codebase and giving a model access to your codebase are radically different undertakings. For most companies, only one of them makes economic sense.

Published: 2 Oct 2026

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