I keep seeing this claim that software has suddenly become more buggy and unreliable since the advent of agentic coding, and I'm like… have folks just not been paying attention for the last decade?

Software has been getting progressively buggier and more unreliable every year for as long as I can remember

I'm not saying AI isn't increasing the rate of garbage code, but I do wonder how you can tell the difference between vibe coded shit and regular organic shit, because it smells the same to me

I read the piece again and became even more disappointed.

2026: "Docter said Pixar found some parents didn’t want entertainment to force them to have a conversation they weren’t ready for with their children. “We’re making a movie, not hundreds of millions of dollars of therapy,” he said."

2009:

"Board the train in London in the evening. Perhaps have dinner or a drink in the bar car. Fall asleep in a cozy bed. And then wake up the next morning in the Scottish Highlands or on the enchanting coast of Cornwall."

The best tips and tricks for travelling the UK by #nighttrain come from @sebwilken and are accessible here: https://nightride.com/en/blog/explore-great-britain-by-night-train

PSA: The Amazon wishlist doxing threat is much greater and more immediate than folks might realize. Attack works like this:

Stalker who wants your address opens an Amazon seller account and lists themselves as a third party seller for any item on your public wishlist. Then, they order the item from themselves as a gift for you. Bam, they have your address.

In particular, attack does not depend on an existing third party seller having poor PII handling hygiene, like the articles have implied.

- do you want to use google to sign in?
- do you want to add a passkey?
- do you want to add a 2FA token?
- we know you have 2FA but we've sent you an email instead
- this login attempt seems suspicious we've sent you a text about it
- can you click on these buses?
- you failed to click on the buses click on these bicycles instead
- should we save these details for next time?
- do you accept these trackers?
- you can opt out but we've decided it's legitimate interest anyway
- would you like to see a list of our 847 partners we share your data with?
- can we send you desktop notifications?
- can we access your location?
- do you want 10% off for signing up to the mailing list?
- do you want me to translate this page?
- hi I'm your friendly chatbot how can I help?
- oh no you can't buy this, reach out to us for a quote!
- do you want—

I'm tired boss

The OpenClaw thing points to the absurdity of the current moment. Not that I don't think something like it is the future. But all of the players are out whack.

Apple has the strong multi-form-factor platform, consumer software ecosystem, and popular appeal, but no vertically-integrated AI solution. Google has the frontier models, compute capacity, and enterprise platform, but no cohesive consumer software story with hardware. Amazon has the compute capacity and voice hardware but no platform.