Bitcoin mining farms were taking lots of electricity and were the ones getting shut down and there was little opposition to that and it didn't matter anyway since there were efficient alternative cryptocurrencies available right away that did not need more data centers and energy requirements.

Now AI just isn't efficient enough to refrain from building more data centers. This is clearly a software problem which is getting to the point that the energy requirements going to surpass Bitcoin alone. [0]

[0] https://www.theverge.com/climate-change/676528/ai-data-cente...

> It didn’t go fully as planned, but there were plenty of learnings.

With this new VIP membership that comes with 5x or 20x usage, if you spend $100 you get 5x. $200 you get 20x and you get to spin the wheel and use the slot machines unlimited times even at peak hours more than most without any restrictions, 24/7, no waiting for hours with priority.

So spend more to get more abundance and more simultaneous spins at the wheel.

Except if you're trying to abuse the slot machines themselves or sharing or reselling your membership to other customers who want a spin at the roulette wheel; but were previously banned. [0]

[0] https://help.openai.com/en/articles/9793128-about-chatgpt-pr...

Or perhaps it was a scam in the first place for an IPO.

Efficiency also means to them, "less costs" and when they talk about "costs" they mean "headcount" which that is employees.

Put it together and the suits want to reduce headcount using AI.

To them, "clean code" is a scam and a waste of time that doesn't yield them quick returns, but a weak reason for software engineers to justifying their roles.

It is also used in Ghostty, Bun which is the JS runtime that powers OpenCode, and Claude Code.

Unfortunately this time, AI does not have vacations, healthcare, retirement or bills to pay and is available 24/7, 365 days on demand.

Many companies only see this as an opportunity to cut down on employees in 2026 and Session will do the same.

So that is why to answer your question:

> ...Germany is one of the most expensive countries for employing white collar jobs?

The main reason why the downsizing will continue until "AGI" is achieved internally.

So $150k+ is overpriced.

Translation:

Our product makes no money, has no use case and we need $1M to survive.

Two ways a PE "cost saver" would fix this:

1. Claude + 1x senior engineer (in India).

2. CTO + Claude and no senior engineers / employees.

Given we have (allegedly) achieved "AGI" (heavily disputed) they don't need as many employees.

Especially those that are after $150k+ which when you can vibe code with Claude for less than $10k anyway. /s

Job done.

Nothing. Find the next one very early before 6 billion people do.

This time, get at the bottom of the next legal pyramid scheme.

In 2026, contribution graphs offer a very little representation of the current skills of a developer.

It's "AGI" because humans do it too and we mix up names and who said what as well. /s

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47701261

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What he’s really after is AI Software Engineers that are not humans. Hence the eventuality of autonomous agents out numbering humans on the internet.

> You can find Little Snitch for Linux here. It is free, and it will stay that way.

Don't worry, the authors know that there's no point in charging Linux users. Unlike Mac users.

So you might as well make it $0 and the (Linux) crowd goes wild that they don't need to pay a cent.

However...

> I researched a bit, found OpenSnitch, several command line tools, and various security systems built for servers. None of these gave me what I wanted: see which process is making which connections, and in the best case deny with a single click.

OpenSnitch is open source. You don't need to trust it as you can see the code yourself. Little Snitch on the other hand, is completely closed source.

Do you still trust them not to do self-reporting or phoning home, even though it is $0 and closed source?

[0] https://obdev.at/blog/little-snitch-for-linux/

That's his vision and he is not talking about you.

The actual fix is a massive economic correction.

The other day Dario and Co, were looking at a robotic lamp that does your laundry and folds your clothes. He cares more about investing in that than your billing issue.

To them, they see us as gambling addicts, whilst we pay them their overpriced credits at their casino.

The house (Anthropic) always wins.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47679322