Moore’s law ran for 40 years but hit a wall around 2010 due to physics.

“Free” upgrades ended long before AI bros started buying up all the RAM and GPUs.

Hit the nail on the head there.

Every bit of weird code the LLM wants to simplify is a workaround for some old bug.

See also that old Joel Spolsky essay about how rewrites reimplement the bugs the legacy system fixed long ago.

All ad networks are malware distribution networks.

Adblock is the new antivirus.

How much did you spend on case/display/lighting/cooling components?

How many hours would you say went into this?

Knowing what you know now, what would you have done differently?