Imiel Visser | AI Agents, Developer Tools, and Engineering

// 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.

// 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.

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// 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.

// 2026.07.23

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

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.

“Boris Cherny published a framework for AI adoption that maps the journey from gated access to thousands of autonomous agents. Most engineering teams think they are further along than they are. Here is how to tell where you actually stand.”