Friday Links: Make it anyway, AI writing, and sandwiches
02 Oct 2026 #mondaylinksHey there.
Here are 4 links I thought were worth sharing this week:
#1. Do you remember the first lines of code you wrote? I do! It was in school using QBASIC. Here are 10 lines of code that shaped a career (6min). Maybe you recognized some of them too.
#2. When AI handles almost everything, we lose touch with our systems (6min). Just like pilots, we should train for what the autopilot can’t and shouldn’t do.
#3. The saying is true: We’re either the customers or the product. And we’re the product, here’s how to become useless to tech companies (4min).
#4. Are you considering starting a business or side gig? Here are 12 tips to make it fail. Maybe you can recognize some of them around you too.
And in case you missed it, I wrote on my blog, some time ago, about what to do in case of AI FOMO (2min) and, more recently, about 7 life lessons learned the hard way (3min).
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See you next Friday,
Cesar