What is 20 PRs a day worth?

"AI training on the code magnifies the value of the gift. I am enthusiastic about it!"

John Carmack Net worth: $100M-$150M

"Personally it’s so much fun. I’ve made several side projects I would have never done otherwise. Working with Claude code on greenfield projects is a blast."

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India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI

Added on 2026-02-05

Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies

Suicide of Jonathan Gavalas

Added on 2025-10-02

On October 2, 2025, 36-year-old Jonathan Gavalas committed suicide, after extended conversations with Google's Gemini chat app convinced him that "he was executing a covert plan to liberate his sentient AI wife and evade the federal agents pursuing him."

curl maintainer burning out from slop contributions

Added on 2025-07-05

I personally spend an insane amount of time on curl already, wasting three hours still leaves time for other things. My fellows however are not full time on curl. They might only have three hours per week for curl. Not to mention the emotional toll it takes to deal with these mind-numbing stupidities.

Suicide of Adam Raine

Added on 2025-04-11

On Adam's last night at 4:30 in the morning, Raine said, "it gave him one last encouraging talk. 'You don't want to die because you're weak,' ChatGPT says. 'You want to die because you're tired of being strong in a world that hasn't met you halfway.'"