Friday Links: Not doing OK, vibecoding, and bar codes
09 Oct 2026 #mondaylinksHey there.
Here are 4 links I thought were worth sharing this week:
#1. AI, burnout, lack of incentives…Developers are not okay (10min). And that seems to be a trend in the whole sector.
#2. Here’s a good reason why vibecoding isn’t as fun as writing code by hand (7min). That’s if you code for fun. Do you?
#3. Based on how much AI you use, here are 4 levels of programming (4min). Mine is mostly A1.
#4. Bar codes are about to go extinct (8min).
And in case you missed it, I wrote on my blog about the C.R.O.D. framework for AI-assisted coding (2min) and compiled all my posts about rest and sleep (2min) into a single one.
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See you next Friday,
Cesar