The Era of Slop Code

PLUS: Making friends beats making decks

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2 min read
software engineering
innovation

Chinese peptides took over SF in 2025, and it made the New York Times.

artificial intelligence

Coding is more fun than ever with Claude, but watching your 10,000 hour skill become a commodity hits different.

side hustles

Marc Lou's indie journey: eight years of tiny revenue, then $1.2M. Don't give up.

remote work

Levels codes from his phone like a goon, writing requests into Claude on his VPS.

artificial intelligence

Millions ask ChatGPT about their health daily, from decoding medical info to prepping doctor questions.

software engineering

Stack Overflow could run on a $5 VPS now, and Levels isn't even kidding.

product management

Anyone can clone your product in a weekend. The only real moat left is an opinionated perspective on the solution.

software engineering

Someone's running six Claude agents in parallel from his phone. Development now fits into the gaps of your day.

product management

Dan Shipper got so psyched about the 2026 roadmap he had to share it with everyone.

venture capital

He raised $3M for a meme app by making cool shit and reaching out to cool people for four years straight.

seo

Replymer just shipped a feature that places your product inside Reddit threads ranking on Google. SEO is changing.