Imiel Visser | AI Agents, Developer Tools, and Engineering

// 2026.08.27

The Prompt Safari Field Guide: From Prompt Monkey to Factory Operator

Boris Cherny hasn't written a line of code in 2026. He writes loops that write code. This is a field guide to the species of the prompt safari, the loops that replaced prompting, and why building the machine matters more than feeding it.

// 2026.08.08

The 10x Dev Is Dead

The 10x developer used one AI tool and thought they were fast. Meanwhile, agentic orchestrators are shipping at 50x to 1000x. The ceiling just moved.

// 2026.08.03

Linux Hit 10% Desktop Market Share. Or Did It?

StatCounter says Linux just crossed 10% desktop share in North America. The real number, once you filter out bots, is closer to 4.7%. Here is what the headline actually means.

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// 2026.07.29

Software Factories Are Here and Engineers Are Now Operators

Factory just said the quiet part out loud. Engineers don't write software anymore. They build the factories that write the software. Here is what that actually means.

// 2026.07.28

I Built a Skill That Turns Claude Into a Project Manager

A single command that decomposes a plan, spins up parallel sub-agents in isolated git worktrees, runs QA, tracks costs, and delivers a tabbed HTML report. Here is how /buildthis works, why I built it, and how to install it.

// 2026.07.26

Nobody Gets Above a C+: The AI Safety Index, Graded

The Future of Life Institute just graded nine AI companies on safety. The best score? C+. Three companies failed outright. Here is what the data actually says.

“Travis Kalanick just raised $1.7B for a company called Atoms. His framework for atoms-based computation reveals why software moats are eroding and physical-world companies are becoming the most defensible businesses of the next decade.”

// 2026.07.23

Atoms, Bits, and Moats: Why the Next Defensible Companies Will Be Built in the Physical World

// 2026.07.17

Five Steps of AI Adoption and Why Most Teams Are Stuck on Step One

// 2026.07.14

The Anti-MCP Alliance Built a Protocol That Needs MCP to Work

// 2026.06.24

The Computer You Grow

// 2026.06.24

The Heat Wall: Why the Fastest Chips Are Turning to Diamond

// 2026.06.24

There Is No Free Token

// 2026.06.17

The Meter on the Mind

// 2026.06.17

I Mapped AI Law in All 50 States. Here Is What the Map Says.

// 2026.06.13

The Government Switched Off Fable. I Asked for a Message.

// 2026.06.09

Data Sovereignty Starts at the Hardware Layer

// 2026.06.09

Fable 5 Shipped. The Exploit Window Is Negative.

// 2026.06.04

China Closed the HBM Gap to 3 Years. Leaders Moved to HBM4.

// 2026.06.04

One Missile, One Plant: 70% of the World's PCB Resin Offline

// 2026.06.02

US AI Law Update: 50 States, 1,700+ Bills, 34 Signed