Next Generation Of

Growing Code in the Lab

A full-stack appreciation of autoresearch architecture

Apr 8 • Nik Haldimann

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March 2026

4 ways to combat Claude's code duplication, ranked from least to most AI-native

Plus: Globbing and grepping like it's 1973, and the role of a software engineer in the AI era

Mar 3 • Nik Haldimann

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February 2026

Déjà Code

Quantifying Claude Code's duplication habit & ogling Gas Town from afar

Feb 11 • Nik Haldimann

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January 2026

On the cheapness of ideas

If execution is everything, what happens when execution gets cheap too?

Jan 20 • Nik Haldimann

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December 2025

Six Predictions for AI Coding in 2026

The 5th one will really make you think

Dec 29, 2025 • Nik Haldimann

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Anything Wrapped

How to play product manager to an AI coding agent

Dec 16, 2025 • Nik Haldimann

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How to read Substack without distractions

Fixing the Substack reader experience. Plus: The AI editor Cursor is in trouble

Dec 3, 2025 • Nik Haldimann

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November 2025

Vibe Composing

Chatting simple tunes and beats into existence. Claude takes the reins. Teaching music to Claude? An AI agent's conflict of interest.

Nov 18, 2025 • Nik Haldimann

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Reading in a Foreign Language

Natural Language Processing (NLP) in aid of language study. The VSCode/Copilot experience out of the box. What's still hard despite AI.

Nov 5, 2025 • Nik Haldimann

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