🏆 The top things I’ve read this week
Week 26 / 2026
Hey there! Welcome to a new edition of Hybrid Hacker! 🌟
Every week I share the top articles I have found and personally read on the internet. I only share the stuff I believe it’s worth your time.
100% signal, 0% slop.
I mainly read things from my public daily digest, which curates an ever growing list of sources. Here is this week’s best stuff 👇
🌀 Acceleration whiplash
8 min • by Luca Rossi
This week I wrote about the latest Faros research on AI coding, and the picture is... spicy. Developers are starting more work, but reviews, queues, bugs, and production quality are paying the bill. In other words, bottlenecks and problems just moved downstream.
🥇 Earn Your Scepticism
10 min • by James Stanier
James makes a distinction I like a lot: skepticism as a conclusion vs skepticism as an identity. The useful version comes from actually using the tools, staying specific about what fails, and keeping your mind open as the evidence changes. This applies just as much to AI enthusiasts as to skeptics.
🥈 Expertise in the Age of AI
5 min • by Brian Kihoon Lee
Brian uses calculators as a handy analogy for coding agents: the tool removes a lot of mechanical work, but makes the underlying intuition even more valuable. I do not agree with every prediction in here, but I agree with the core point: skipping the struggle may leave you unable to judge the output.
🥉 Find a New Role - Worksheet
4 min • by Lara Hogan
Lara turns career decisions into four simple lists: must-haves, nice-to-haves, don’t-cares, and what you are optimizing for. This is practical and useful, especially when titles, prestige, and compensation make a role look juicier than it really is.
And that’s it for today! If you find this list useful, please share it with your friends!
You can also read the very same things I read every day via this free daily digest 📬
See you next week!
Sincerely 👋
Luca