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QFM{72,76,80,84,88,92,96,100} Irresponsible AI Reading Lists June 2025 — January 2026 Everything I found interesting about the irresponsible use of AI over the last 8 months

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QFM{72,76,80,84,88,92,96,100} Irresponsible AI Reading Lists 202506-January 202601: Everything I found interesting about the irresponsible use of AI over the last 8 months
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QFM{71,75,79,83,87,91,95,99} Engineering Leadership Reading Lists June 2025 — January 2026 Everything I found interesting about Engineering Leadership over the last 8 months

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QFM{71,75,79,83,87,91,95,99} Engineering Leadership Reading Lists 202506 — 202601: Everything I found interesting about Engineering Leadership over the last 8 months
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QFM{70,74,78,82,86,90,94,98} Elixir Reading Lists June 2025 — January 2026 Everything I found interesting about the Elixir programming ecosystem over the last 8 months

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QFM{70,74,78,82,86,90,94,98} Elixir Reading Lists 202506 — 202601: Everything I found interesting about the Elixir programming ecosystem over the last 8 months
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QFM{69,73,77,81,85,89,93,97} Machine Intelligence Reading Lists June 2025 — January 2026 Everything I found interesting about machines behaving intelligently over the last 8 months

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QFM{69,73,77,81,85,89,93,97} Machine Intelligence Reading Lists 202501-202601: Everything I found interesting about machines behaving intelligently over the last 8 months
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Has anyone coined "GEN-eration" for the "Generative AI Generation"? If not, then I think I just did. 🤔

And this is an interesting (if slightly tech heavy and oblique) counterpoint:

Humanity's last programming language
xeiaso.net/blog/2026/ma...

Something Big Is Happening A personal note for non-tech friends and family on what AI is starting to change.

Well, this is quite the read:

“Something big is happening”
shumer.dev/something-bi...

A picture of a very well-organised workshop tool bench with all of the tools arranged in a set of hanging brackets behind the bench.

I've been a bit quiet on the blogging front for a few months, so this is a quick catch-up post: what I've been doing, what I've shipped, and where things are headed.

Blog #0187: A Few Things I've Been Working On
matthewsinclair.com/blog/0187-a-...

The year "2025" rendered in a gold-ish translucent 3D font.

Over the year, I try to find something interesting to read and digest each week related to or at least adjacent to what I am currently working on. Here's the list for 2025.

Blog #0185: (Almost) 52 Things I Learned in 2025
matthewsinclair.com/blog/0185-al...

A path in the woods with a fork in the road, one direction has two tracks as if vehicles of some kind have gone down it, the other path is just a single walking trail.

Here's a simple framework for thinking about where we draw the line on AI autonomy, from spreadsheets to self-driving cars

Blog #0186: What We Let Machines Do
matthewsinclair.com/blog/0186-wh...

A photo of the grounds of Nottingham Castle, UK with a large lit up hashtag saying #itsinnottingham.

Apparently, #itsinnottingham.

The Wyden Siren: Senator’s Cryptic CIA Letter Follows A Pattern That’s Never Been Wrong If you’ve been paying attention to surveillance and civil liberties issues over the past fifteen years, you’ve likely learned to recognize a particular pattern. Senator Ron Wyden will o…

Oh, great. :/ www.techdirt.com/2026/02/05/t...

I’d really be curious to see moltbook mapped as simple organisms exchanging molecular bits in a pond, with all the text and pseudo-humanness stripped out.

I’m a software engineer ~ what next? S01E19 is live! “From DevOps to Novels: Richard Bown on Humane Engineering & Career Loops”

#whatnext #podcast

whatnext.dev/episodes/s01...

I’m a software engineer ~ what next? S01E18 is live! “From Engineering Bootcamps & Founding Startups to GitHub with Kate Catlin”

#whatnext #podcast

whatnext.dev/episodes/s01...

I’m a software engineer ~ what next? S01E17 is live! “Speaking Like a Human with Stew Bewley”

#whatnext #podcast

whatnext.dev/episodes/s01...

This is a wall installation of 180 CDs from the 90s and 00s (which was about the last time I bought a physical CD).

Here’s a wall of 90s and 00s CDs. My wife decided that they were talking up space in the basement and so something had to be done about it!

Divergent creativity in humans and large language models - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Divergent creativity in humans and large language models

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We've been working on this since December 2022 and it's now published

End the ground rent rip-off 🚨Millions of homeowners are trapped by feudal ground rents, unfair fees for land they already own. The Government promised to cap them, but now the Treasury is pressuring ministers to back down. Sign ...

🚨Millions of homeowners are trapped by feudal ground rents, unfair fees for land they already own. The Government promised to cap them, but now the Treasury is pressuring ministers to back down to protect the wealthy. Sign & share: 38d.gs/pomp

Goodbye KT7! 👋

Hello NG1! 🙌

#movingday

Thanks @brittanyellich.com ! I really enjoyed our chat!

🎙️ new @overcommitted.dev ep with @matthewsinclair.com! we talked elixir, ai-assisted dev, and why leadership is fundamentally about storytelling

overcommitted.dev/ep-34-the-ar...

GitHub - matthewsinclair/intent: A steel thread process for helping LLMs help you work with your code A steel thread process for helping LLMs help you work with your code - matthewsinclair/intent

Loved what @brainlid.bsky.social says at ~37" in the latest Thinking Elixir. The idea of "vibe coding" is meaningless, or worse, outright dangerous, BUT the idea of operating as a "coordinator of coding agents" (paraphrasing) is exactly what I was trying to do with Intent: github.com/matthewsincl...

Phoenix Creator Argues Elixir Is AI's Best Language Chris McCord, the creator of the Phoenix framework, says Elixir offers a better experience for the age of agentic AI than JavaScript does.

"Phoenix Creator Argues Elixir Is AI’s Best Language"
thenewstack.io/phoenix-crea...

#elixir #ai

I made a thing:

“Introducing Utilz: A Simple Script Framework for macOS”
matthewsinclair.com/blog/0184

Utilz is a simple Bash-dispatcher to organise personal ~/bin scripts with consistent help, tests, shared libs and easy machine portability.

FORGIVE THE HATERS | Found Footage from the Present YouTube video by KNGMKR

Wow. The is _really_ good.

youtu.be/hlVBYEx8L4Q

#forgivethhaters

This was a great chat with Alexandros Pouroullis. We've previously spoken to great older folks with years of experience, but here, James and I spoke to someone at the other end of their career. Alé has managed to achieve SO MUCH so soon! I'm sure you'll love our latest #WhatNext! https://whatnext.dev/feed

This was a great chat with Alexandros Pouroullis. We've previously spoken to great older folks with years of experience, but here, James and I spoke to someone at the other end of their career. Alé has managed to achieve SO MUCH so soon! I'm sure you'll love our latest #WhatNext! whatnext.dev/feed

Is AI going to take software engineer jobs? YouTube video by I'm a software engineer - what next?

Enjoyed this episode from @whatnext.dev:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQSt...

AI is neither the cure for all things nor a hoax. Just another tool (a powerful one).

I liked @matthewsinclair.com 's argument that it is one step further towards declarative programming. Like TF but for software.

Logo image for "I'm a software engineer ~ what next?" A weekly podcast where James Wilson and Matthew Sinclair chew the fat on what software engineers can do at their next career crossroads. https://whatnext.dev

Well, look who has a shiny new website! And not a dodgy AI-generated pirate anywhere to be seen! Check it out at: whatnext.dev

GitHub - manzaltu/claude-code-ide.el: Claude Code IDE integration for Emacs Claude Code IDE integration for Emacs. Contribute to manzaltu/claude-code-ide.el development by creating an account on GitHub.

I can’t tell you how happy this makes me! github.com/manzaltu/cla...