another successful guy in his 50s has been one-shotted by Claude. F in the chat for Mike Masnick, may his brain RIP. https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/25/ai-might-be-our-best-shot-at-taking-back-the-open-web/
@peter

> Today’s equivalent of right-clicking on Derek’s site is describing what you want to a coding agent, watching it build, telling it what’s wrong, and iterating until it works for you. Different mechanics, same magic.

There's a sad nugget in there: the original open web was not interesting because it was magic but because they could understand it and make it their own. With AI it's ok if the thing remains magical as long as they can wield it.